Legal Opinion

In the Interest of G. T. S.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 29, 1993No. A92A1939Published

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Appellant appeals from an order of the juvenile court terminating her parental rights in her minor child.

1. “ ‘The appropriate standard of appellate review in a case of this sort is whether after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the [judgment of the juvenile court], any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the natural parent’s rights to custody were lost. . . . The factfinding and weighing of evidence is to be done in the [juvenile] court under the clear and convincing evidence test. The reviewing court is…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Chancey v. Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  2. R. C. N. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  3. In the Interest of S. T.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  4. In the Interest of JIHCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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