Legal Opinion · Dissent

In the Interest of T. B.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 4, 2000No. A99A2086, A99A2087Published

1DissentSmith, Judge

I respectfully dissent. The mother’s rights were not terminated simply “because she dropped out of high school,” as the majority asserts. Substantial evidence was presented that the mother has serious unresolved problems, including unstable and violent behavior, refusal to take prescribed psychoactive medication, and continuing probation violations, even under the threat of pending termination of her rights. On appeal from a termination of parental rights, “this court neither weighs the evidence nor determines the credibility of witnesses; rather, we defer to the juvenile court’s factfinding…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In the Interest of W. M.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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