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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS

In the Matter of JEANIE STEIN, Minor.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, v LEE STEIN, Respondent-Appellant, and BETTY YOUNG, Respondent.

UNPUBLISHED June 15, 2006

No. 264924 Kent Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 04-052777-NA

Before: Kelly, P.J., and Markey and Meter, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent-appellant appeals by right from the trial court order terminating his parental rights under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm. We decide this matter without oral argument because the briefs and record adequately present the facts and legal arguments and this Court's deliberation would not be significantly aided by oral argument. MCR 7.214(E). The trial court did not clearly err in finding that statutory grounds for termination had been established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 3.977(J). The conditions of adjudication that continued to exist at the time of termination were respondent-appellant's lack of parenting skills and emotional instability. Both foster care workers and the instructor of his parenting skills class testified that respondent-appellant made little progress improving his of parenting skills. Respondent-appellant continued to seek treatment for his mental illness, but there was testimony that he did not consistently take his medication, and that he was very emotional, tearful, and mildly suicidal. This emotional instability continued throughout the pendency of the case. Although respondent-appellant argues that a "reasonable time" should be longer for him because his intellectual functioning is borderline, the statute specifies that the "reasonable time" should be considered in light of the child's age. Here, Jeanie was removed from respondent-appellant's home at age 2

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