In the Interest of A. P.

Ellington, Judge.

After a hearing, the Juvenile Court of Paulding County declared A. E deprived based on its finding that A. E’s stepfather had sexually abused her and that she did not receive appropriate treatment and protection following her disclosure of that abuse. The child’s mother appeals, contending the trial court’s factual findings were not supported by clear and convincing evidence. Finding no error, we affirm.

Georgia law defines a deprived child as, inter alia, “a child who . . . [i]s without proper parental care or control, subsistence, education as required by law, or other care…