e-Journal Summary

e-Journal Number : 80210
Opinion Date : 09/14/2023
e-Journal Date : 09/26/2023
Court : Michigan Court of Appeals
Case Name : In re Gibson/Murphy
Practice Area(s) : Termination of Parental Rights
Judge(s) : Per Curiam – Swartzle, O’Brien, and Feeney
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Issues:

Termination under § 19b(3)(c)(i)

Summary

Holding that § (c)(i) existed, the court affirmed the trial court order terminating respondent-mother’s parental rights to the children. At the time of termination, they “were 13 years old, 12 years old, and one year old. Respondent had over a year after the initial dispositional order in this case to rectify the conditions that led to adjudication, yet she made no progress towards meaningfully addressing her issues with substance abuse.” Given her “utter lack of progress, we are not definitely and firmly convinced that the trial court erred when it found by clear and convincing evidence that respondent would be unable to rectify the conditions that led to adjudication in a reasonable time considering the children’s ages.”

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