In the Interest of A. B.

The children's continued deprivation would likely cause them harm, since it was highly probable that the mother inflicted the burns to her older child, she has a history of anger management problems and counseling failed to reduce her outbursts of anger.

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Following the termination of her parental rights, the mother of A. B. and C. B., III, appeals, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to support the termination and that the juvenile court’s order failed to include required findings of fact. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. On appeal, we must determine whether, after reviewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the lower court’s judgments, any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the natural parent’s rights to custody have been lost. This Court neither weighs evidence nor determines the credibility of witnesses; rather, we defer to the trial court’s fact-finding and affirm unless the appellate standard is not met. Citation omitted. In the Interest of A. B. , 274 Ga. App. 230 617 SE2d 189 2005. So viewed, the evidence shows that on September 29, 2000, the juvenile court entered orders1 placing the mother’s five children in shelter care following allegations that three-year-old J. B. had suffered burns of a suspicious nature and that six-month old C. B. was the victim of medical neglect. On December 13, 2000, the juvenile court, relying upon the express statements of the mother and the natural fathers that it was in the children’s best interest, placed all of the children in the temporary custody of the Georgia Department of Human Resources by and through the Tift County Department of Family and Children Services the “Department”.

On October 1, 2001, the juvenile court extended custody of the children with the Department. The court found although the mother had accomplished most of her case plan goals, she needed additional anger management counseling, noting that she had demonstrated problems controlling her anger in the presence of the children, Department representatives, and the court. Further, the court found that “the natural mother has not given a plausible explanation for the burns on J. B, and said child has identified the natural mother as the perpetrator of the abuse.”

In the Interest of A. B.

The children's continued deprivation would likely cause them harm, since it was highly probable that the mother inflicted the burns to her older child, she has a history of anger management problems and counseling failed to reduce her outbursts of anger.

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