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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS

In the Matter of ANTHONY MICHAEL FARHAT, Minor.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, f/k/a FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, Petitioner-Appellee, v DANIEL JOSEPH FARHAT, Respondent-Appellant, and RICHANN VIRGINIA MCKEE, Respondent.

UNPUBLISHED August 10, 2006

No. 267199 Wayne Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 96-345192-NA

In the Matter of ANTHONY MICHAEL FARHAT, Minor.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, f/k/a FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, Petitioner-Appellee, v RICHANN VIRGINIA MCKEE, Respondent-Appellant, and DANIEL JOSEPH FARHAT, Respondent. No. 267200 Wayne Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 96-345192-NA

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Before: Whitbeck, C.J., and Hoekstra and Wilder, JJ. MEMORANDUM. In these consolidated appeals, respondents Richann McKee and Daniel Farhat appeal as of right from the order that terminated their parental rights to their minor child.1 We affirm. We decide this appeal without oral argument.2 The trial court did not clearly err by finding that at least one statutory ground for termination of each respondent's parental rights was established by clear and convincing evidence.3 With respect to Farhat, his involvement with the child was so minimal at the time the case was reopened and Families First was placed in the home, that he was not even included in the Families First program goals. Additionally, his failure to complete his treatment plan was clear evidence of his inability to provide proper care and custody for his child.4 With respect to McKee, her efforts to manage her drug abuse were commendable but, unfortunately, not completely successful since she was still struggling with her drug use at the time of the termination trial. After admitting to using drugs at least four times since the case was reopened and Families First services were in place, McKee found treatment on her own initiative yet continued to surround herself with drug users such as her fianc

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