In the Interest of D. B. C.

The father of twin daughters D. B. C. and D. B. C. appeals the order of the juvenile court terminating his parental rights, and their mother appeals the termination of her parental rights in the two children and a third child, C. B. We affirm. In considering these appeals, this Court views the evidence in the light most favorable to the juvenile court’s disposition and determines whether any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the appellants’ parental rights should have been terminated. In the Interest of K. S. , 289 Ga. App. 782 658 SE2d 403 2008. Moreover, this Court “neither weighs the evidence nor determines the credibility of the witnesses, but instead defers to the juvenile court’s findings of fact.” Footnote omitted. Id.

The Department of Family and Children Services took D. B. C., D. B. C. and C. B. into care on April 16, 2004. The stated reasons for this action were the mother’s open child protective services case, her unstable housing and income and her history of drug use. Both the twins’ father and the father of C. B were in jail at the time,1 and the twins’ father had not yet filed a petition to legitimate them. The Department filed a deprivation petition on April 23, 2004, and all three children were found to be deprived on the grounds of domestic violence, economic and residential instability, poor parenting skills, incarceration of the fathers, and the parents’ drug abuse. Neither the mother nor the fathers appealed that order.