Legal Opinion

In the Interest of M. C. L.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 8, 2001No. A01A1336; A01A1337PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Married twice, Karen bore a son by each husband. Evidence showed that Karen and her second husband were repeatedly incarcerated and that they failed to comply with case reunification plan goals. The question on appeal is whether this evidence authorized the juvenile court to terminate their parental rights to the two boys. We hold that the evidence sufficed to sustain this judgment and therefore affirm.

Karen was sentenced in 1992 to twenty years for her participation with her first husband in murder and armed robbery and was forced to leave her nine-month-old boy M. B. W. in the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In the Interest of E. C.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Stills v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  3. In the Interest of D. A. P.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. In the Interest of S. K. L.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  5. In Re G. M. N. & D. M. N.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

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3Cited by36 opinions

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  4. In the Interest of O. J.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
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