In re A. S.

McMurray, Judge.

This case involves a delinquent child under 17 years of age who is a ward of the state, all parental rights having been severed and his permanent custody given to the Clayton County Department of Family & Children Services. At approximately age ten the child, who was being reared by his grandparents, became unruly and has been under the care of both the juvenile court and the Department of Human Resources for various acts of unruliness, truancy, malicious mischief, and creating a turmoil. He has been in and out of foster homes and state institutions for the past seven years.…