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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS

UNPUBLISHED December 16, 2010 In the Matter of D. MCJENNETT, Minor. No. 297465 Macomb Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 2009-000152-NA

Before: WHITBECK, P.J., and ZAHRA and FORT HOOD, JJ. PER CURIAM. Respondent-father G. McJennett appeals as of right from a trial court order terminating his parental rights to the minor child, D. McJennett.1 We affirm. I. FACTS In March 2009, the Department of Human Services ("DHS") petitioned for temporary custody of D. McJennett, then aged 14. The petition alleged that D. McJennett was placed with a legal guardian, L. Martinez (a paternal aunt), in June 2000. Problems had recently developed, as a result of which D. McJennett refused to return to L. Martinez's home, and L. Martinez was no longer willing to care for D. McJennett and had petitioned to terminate the guardianship. The whereabouts of D. McJennett's mother, C. Wilcox, were unknown and G. McJennett was incarcerated. G. McJennett had been convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct in June 2004 and was incarcerated "for failure to register/sex offender." After the guardianship was terminated, the trial court authorized the petition. It was reported that D. McJennett had recently been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Because the guardianship had been terminated, C. Wilcox's whereabouts were unknown, and G. McJennett was incarcerated, the DHS filed an amended petition for permanent custody.

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MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) (conditions of adjudication continue to exist) and (g) (failure to provide proper care and custody). Although the trial court also made reference to

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