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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of DAQUAN ELIJAH WHITE, ASIANNA LE'ANNA HASKINS, and ALVIN LAMONT HASKINS III, Minors.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, v MAHAGANI M. WHITE Respondent-Appellant, and ALVIN L. HASKINS, Respondent.

UNPUBLISHED December 15, 2009

No. 290806 Wayne Circuit Court Family Division LC No. 01-399580

Before: Servitto, P.J., and Fort Hood and Stephens, JJ. PER CURIAM. Respondent Mahagani White appeals as of right from the trial court's order terminating her parental rights to the minor children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(a)(ii), (c)(i), (g), and (j). We affirm. Although respondent argues that the trial court erred in finding that the various statutory grounds for termination were established, she fails to explain what particular element or elements of each statutory ground she believes was not established. An appellant may not leave it to this Court to discover and rationalize the basis for a claim. McIntosh v McIntosh, 282 Mich App 471, 485; 768 NW2d 325 (2009). Nonetheless, we have reviewed the trial court's findings in light of the evidence presented and find no clear error in the trial court's determination that the statutory grounds for termination were established by clear and convincing evidence. MCR 3.977(J); In re JK, 468 Mich 202, 209; 661 NW2d 216 (2003). Moreover, petitioner was only required to establish one statutory ground for termination. In re Powers Minors, 244 Mich App 111, 118; 624 NW2d 472 (2000).

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Respondent has not presented any argument concerning the trial court's determination that the requisite 91-day period for establishing desertion under

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