In the Interest of L. S. M.

Smith, Judge.

Appellant James L. McIlveene appeals from an order of the juvenile court authorizing the Houston County Department of Family & Children Services (“DFACS”) to discontinue efforts to reunite his family under OCGA § 15-11-41 (i).1 Because the juvenile court’s decision is supported by clear and convincing evidence, we affirm.2

In 1996, a deprivation petition was filed by DFACS on behalf of McIlveene’s three children, then aged ten, three, and one. The petition alleged that the mother was hopelessly addicted to drugs and left the children at home alone and unsupervised and that…