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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


In the Matter of J.R., Minor.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, v SHERRI ROUSSEAU, Respondent-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED August 21, 2008

No. 284146 Clinton Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 06-019329-NA

Before: Cavanagh, P.J., and Jansen and Kelly, JJ. PER CURIAM. Respondent appeals as of right the trial court's order terminating her parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm. This appeal has been decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). The trial court did not clearly err in determining that the statutory grounds for termination had been established by clear and convincing evidence. See In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000); In re Jackson, 199 Mich App 22, 25; 501 NW2d 182 (1993). At the time of the child's adjudication, respondent was unemployed, lacked housing, and was seriously abusing alcohol, conditions that clearly jeopardized her ability to effectively parent the child. By the time of the termination trial, over one year after the court entered its dispositional order requiring respondent to comply with services intended to address her issues, it was evident that she had made some minimal progress toward improving her situation. Despite her progress toward the end of the proceedings, however, we fail to find clear error in the trial court's termination decision. See Trejo, supra at 356-357. First, we agree with the trial court that the evidence clearly established that respondent remained unable to physically support her child, a condition that led to this adjudication. By the time of the termination trial, respondent resided with her fianc

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