Legal Opinion

In the Interest of J. D.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 18, 2008No. A08A0592Published

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Presiding Judge.

The biological father of J. D. and D. D. appeals from an order terminating his parental rights in his sons.1 For reasons that follow, we affirm.

On appeal from an order terminating parental rights, we construe the evidence favorably to the juvenile court’s ruling and factual findings. In the Interest of E. K., 280 Ga. App. 818, 819 (635 SE2d 214) (2006). We do not weigh the evidence or resolve issues of witness credibility, but merely “determine whether a rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the parent’s rights should have been…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In the Interest of M. E. C.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. In the Interest of B. B.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. In the Interest of M. A. S.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  4. In the Interest of E. K.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  5. In the Interest of L. L. J.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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