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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


In the Matter of JUSTIN GOLD and ANDREW GOLD, Minors.

FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, Petitioner-Appellee, v SHARON GOLD, Respondent-Appellant, and MICHAEL GOLD, Respondent.

UNPUBLISHED June 6, 2000

No. 219675 Washtenaw Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 97-024561-NA

Before: Fitzgerald, P.J., and Neff and Smolenski, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from a family court order terminating her parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g) and (j); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(g) and (j). We affirm. The family court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Further, respondent-appellant failed to show that termination of her parental rights was clearly not in the children's best interests. MCL 712A.19b(5); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(5); In re Hall-Smith, 222 Mich App 470, 472-473; 564 NW2d 156 (1997).

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Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant's parental rights to the children. Id. Affirmed. /s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald /s/ Janet T. Neff /s/ Michael R. Smolenski

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