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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


In the Matter of DP, DP, AW, GW, FW, and CF, Minors.

FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, Petitioner-Appellee, v BULAH PERKINS, Respondent-Appellant, and EARNEST FLENTALL, EDDIE PRATT, and CHARLES WILLIAMS, Respondents.

UNPUBLISHED June 29, 2001

No. 231743 Kent Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 99-052400-NA

Before: Gage, P.J., and Fitzgerald and Markey, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Respondent-appellant appeals by right the trial court's order terminating her parental rights to the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i) and (g); MSA 27.3178(598.19b)(3)(c)(i) and (g). We affirm. The court's factual findings were supported by the evidence and, thus, were not clearly erroneous. In re Vasquez, 199 Mich App 44, 51; 501 NW2d 231 (1993); see, also, MCR 5.974(I); In re Miller, 433 Mich 331, 337; 445 NW2d 161 (1989). Further, the trial court did not clearly err in finding that at least one statutory ground was established by clear and convincing evidence. In re Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 350, 352, 356-357; 612 NW2d 407 (2000). The evidence in this case revealed that the children needed permanence and that although appellant made some progress during several months before the termination hearing in this matter, she failed to progress sufficiently to provide a drug-free and stable environment for the children for any

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lengthy amount of time. Further, the evidence did not establish that termination was clearly not in the children's best interests. Id. at 354, 357. The trial court did not err in terminating respondent-appellant's parental rights to the children. We affirm. /s/ Hilda R. Gage /s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald /s/ Jane E. Markey

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