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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


In the Matter of JASMINE CRICKETT KIDDER, Minor

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, v WALTER KIDDER, Respondent-Appellant, and DEBORAH KIDDER, Respondent.

UNPUBLISHED January 13, 1998

No. 199223 Barry Juvenile Court LC No. 95-004215-NA

FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, f/k/a DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, v DEBORAH KIDDER, Respondent-Appellant, and WALTER KIDDER, No. 199307 Barry Juvenile Court LC No. 95-004215-NA

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Before: Gage, P.J., and Murphy and Reilly, JJ. PER CURIAM. Respondents appeal as of right from a juvenile court order terminating their parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i) and (j). We affirm. The record indicates that jurisdiction over the minor child was obtained, in part, on the basis of Walter Kidder's admissions that: (1) he was convicted of attempted assault with intent to commit second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a son; (2) he had prior contact with petitioner because of allegations of sexual abuse towards another daughter; and (3) two of Deborah Kidder's daughters were removed from her custody in 1994 following allegations of sexual abuse by Walter. The record also indicates that Walter underwent a psychological evaluation by Dr. Vanderbeck, who concluded that he had a "personality configuration [that] is the number one profile characteristic of adult males who sexually molest children." In view of this information, the juvenile court did not err in ordering compliance with a case service plan that required, inter alia, the issue of sexual abuse to be addressed in outside therapy. MCL 712A.18f(3); MSA 27.3178(598.18f)(3); In re Macomber, 436 Mich 386, 394-395; 461 NW2d 671 (1990). Next, the record does not support Walter Kidder's claim that his parental rights were terminated solely on the basis of his failure to admit unproven allegations of sexual abuse. Initially, we note that the juvenile court did not terminate Walter's parental rights under

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