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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS

UNPUBLISHED February 14, 2012 In the Matter of E. J. HART, Minor. No. 305417 Oakland Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 10-778931-NA

Before: STEPHENS, P.J., and WHITBECK and BECKERING, JJ. PER CURIAM. Respondent L. Zinn appeals as of right from the trial court's order terminating her parental rights to the minor child pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(g) (failure to provide proper care and custody) and (m) (parental rights to another child voluntarily terminated). We affirm. I. FACTS In 2009, Zinn voluntarily terminated her parental rights to two other children after the initiation of child protection proceedings based on domestic violence and neglect. In July 2010, the Department of Human Services (DHS) provided services to Zinn after the minor child's birth. However, Zinn did not benefit from those services and was convicted of domestic violence for the third time in November 2010. During that incident, Zinn also threatened to kill herself with a knife. Zinn had previously been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression, for which she was prescribed medication. The DHS filed a petition requesting that Zinn's parental rights to the minor child be terminated at the initial dispositional hearing. In January 2011, Zinn pleaded no-contest to allegations in the petition to establish both jurisdiction and a statutory basis for termination under

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