Legal Opinion

In the Interest of J. K.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 30, 2006No. A05A1789PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

The juvenile court of Gwinnett County terminated the parental rights of the mother of J. K. and J. K. II, seven-year-old twin girls. The mother appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

On appeal, we review the evidence in a light most favorable to the lower court’s judgment and determine only whether “any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the natural parent’s right to custody should be terminated.” (Punctuation omitted.) In the Interest of J. R.1 We defer to the juvenile…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In the Interest of K. L.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. In the Interest of J. R.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

3Cited by39 opinions

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  2. In the Interest of K. A. S.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  3. In the Interest of J. E.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  4. In the Interest of M. S. S.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  5. In the Interest of T. C.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2006

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