In the Interest of Y. P.

Benham, Judge.

These are the cases of five children who were placed in emergency custody of the Tift County Department of Family & Children Services (DFCS) in February 1986, after their natural mother and their putative fathers had allegedly neglected and/or abused them. In July 1987, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR), acting through the Tift County DFCS, filed petitions to terminate the mother’s and fathers’ parental rights in the children. After appropriate notice had been given and a hearing had been held, the juvenile court judge found, inter alia, that there was clear and…