In the Interest of A. J.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
The father of A. J. appeals the termination of his parental rights, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence.* 1 He asserts that the State did not establish by clear and convincing evidence either that A. J.’s deprivation is likely to continue or that it was in her best interest to terminate his parental rights. We disagree and affirm.
On appeal from a termination of parental rights, we defer to the juvenile court’s findings of fact and do not weigh the evidence or determine the credibility of witnesses.2 Our role is to determine whether “any rational trier of fact could have…
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