Legal Opinion

In the Interest of D. J.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 11, 2013No. A12A2176PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MCMILLIAN, Judge.

Following the grant of her application for discretionary appeal, the mother ofD. J. appeals the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights. The mother asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the court’s order. We agree.

“While we are reluctant to reverse the juvenile court’s determination, no judicial determination is more drastic than the permanent severing of the parent-child relationship.” (Punctuation and footnote omitted.) In the Interest of D. L. T. C., 299 Ga. App. 765, 771 (684 SE2d 29) (2009). And “[t]he right to raise one’s children is a…

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