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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS

In the Matter of MICHAEL ALLEN FUGABAN, Minor.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, v YOLANDA NORRELLO, Respondent-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED October 16, 2007

No. 276660 Wayne Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 04-427462-NA

Before: Wilder, P.J., and Borrello and Beckering, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent appeals as of right from the trial court's order terminating her parental rights to the minor child under MCL 712A.19b(3)(g), (i), (j), and (l). We affirm. In order to terminate parental rights, the trial court must find that at least one of the statutory grounds for termination under MCL 712A.19b(3) has been established by clear and convincing evidence. In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 350, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). Once a ground for termination is established, the court must order termination of parental rights unless it finds that termination is clearly not in the child's best interest. Id. at 365; MCL 712A.19b(5). This Court reviews the trial court's findings under the clearly erroneous standard. In re Trejo, supra at 356-357. Respondent asserts the trial court erred in finding that

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