In the Interest of A. A.

Evidence that the father and mother's then 15-month-old child suffered a traumatic, unexplained, life-threatening injury, while in her parents' primary care, combined with their history of abuse with another child, supported the order finding the children deprived.

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In separate appeals, the mother and father of A. A. and N. A. appeal the juvenile court’s finding that the children are deprived and the father appeals the denial of his petition to legitimate the children. We affirm. “On appeal from a juvenile court’s order finding deprivation, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the juvenile court’s judgment to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the child was deprived.” Citations and punctuation omitted. In the Interest of G. G., 253 Ga. App. 565 560 SE2d 69 2002. “We neither weigh evidence nor determine the credibility of witnesses. Cit.” Id.

Construed in favor of the finding of deprivation, the evidence shows that the mother and father are not married but have had three children: J. A. born in 2001 or 2002, A. A. born August 8, 2004, and N. A. born January 12, 2006. The present case involves the younger two children. The parents’ rights to J. A. had been terminated previously based on physical abuse that occurred when the child was seven months old.1 In connection with that event, the mother was convicted of cruelty to children and the father was convicted of aggravated assault and cruelty to children. As of July 18, 2007, the time of the deprivation hearing in the present case, both parents had been on probation as a result. Their probation was apparently revoked based on the new allegations because both parents were incarcerated at the time of the deprivation hearing in this case.

In the Interest of A. A.

Evidence that the father and mother's then 15-month-old child suffered a traumatic, unexplained, life-threatening injury, while in her parents' primary care, combined with their history of abuse with another child, supported the order finding the children deprived.

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