Legal Opinion

In the Interest of D. W.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 17, 2008No. A08A0899PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUFFIN, Presiding Judge.

The mother of ten-year-old D. W appeals the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support the termination. For reasons that follow, we disagree and affirm.

On appeal, we must determine whether, after reviewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the lower court’s judgments, any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the natural parent’s rights to custody have been lost. This Court neither weighs evidence nor determines the credibility of witnesses; rather, we…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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3Cited by24 opinions

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