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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS

In the Matter of DENNIS JAMES MAY, JACOB LAWRENCE MAY, JANEEN RENEDANNIELE MAY, JORDAN ROBERT-LOUIS MAY, and JILLIAN RYANN MAY, Minors.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, v DENNIS MAY, Respondent, and ROCHELLE MAY, Respondent-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED March 27, 2007

No. 273107 Monroe Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 05-018910-NA

Before: Zahra, P.J., and Bandstra and Owens, JJ. PER CURIAM. Respondent Rochelle May appeals as of right from an order terminating her parental rights to the minor children under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm. The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the statutory grounds for termination were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 3.977(J); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). The children were removed from respondent's custody because of her failure to protect them from abuse by the children's father and because her own addiction to crack cocaine impeded her ability to properly care for them. Although respondent initially began substance abuse counseling, domestic violence counseling, and consistently visited with her children, once her husband was released from jail in April 2006, she stopped attending counseling, ceased submitting random drug screens, was fired from her job, and stopped visiting the children. There was no evidence that respondent had remained substance free or that she was willing to enter an inpatient treatment program and maintain sobriety for six months in order to

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regain custody of her children. The trial court did not clearly err in finding that termination of respondent's parental rights was warranted under

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