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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


In the Matter of BRETT KELLOGG, JR., JOHN KELLOGG and JAMES KELLOGG, Minors.

FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, Petitioner-Appellee, v BRETT KELLOGG, SR., Respondent-Appellant, and BELINDA KELLOGG, Respondent.

UNPUBLISHED April 21, 2000

No. 221814 Hillsdale Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 97-031787-NA

In the Matter of BRETT KELLOGG, JR., JOHN KELLOGG and JAMES KELLOGG, Minors.

FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, Petitioner-Appellee, v BELINDA A. KELLOGG, Respondent-Appellant, and No. 222402 Hillsdale Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 97-031787-NA

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BRETT KELLOGG, SR.,


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Respondent.

Before: Gribbs, P.J., and Doctoroff and T. L. Ludington*, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondents-appellants appeal as of right from the family court order terminating their parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i), (c)(i), (c)(ii) and (g); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(b)(i), (c)(i), (c)(ii) and (g). 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, respondents-appellants failed to show that termination of their 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). Thus, the family court did not err in terminating respondents-appellants' parental rights to the children. Id. Affirmed.

/s/ Roman S. Gribbs /s/ Martin M. Doctoroff /s/ Thomas L. Ludington

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