In the Interest of B. T.

The father never established a bond or visited his child, he failed to pay child support and he failed to attend hearings, which were specifically continued in order to allow him to make his case regarding his parental rights to his child.

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Larry Tripp, the father of B. T., born April 19, 2005, appeals from the juvenile court’s denial of his motion for new trial1 following termination of his parental rights,2 contending that it must be reversed because no reunification plan was ever put in place after B. T. was found deprived.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 factfinding and affirm unless the appellate standard is not met.Citation and punctuation omitted. In the Interest of T. C. , 282 Ga. App. 659, 660 639 SE2d 601 2006. Viewed in the light most favorable to the juvenile court’s determinations, the evidence was that B. T. was removed from the mother Debrah Tripp on January 9, 2006, pursuant to a deprivation complaint. On January 12, 2006, the juvenile court entered a 72-hour hearing order in which it found that B. T. had been removed from the mother Debrah Tripp due to “neglect; no housing; no income; and prior DFCS involvement.” Temporary custody of B. T. was awarded to the Department of Human Services, acting through the Toombs County Department of Family and Children Services hereafter DFCS. This order was not appealed. Larry Tripp was not present at the 72-hour hearing.

On January 13, 2006, DFCS filed a deprivation petition on behalf of B. T., alleging that the mother had no stable housing or income, had attempted to give B. T. to other families, and left him sitting and sleeping in a car seat for long periods of time. The petition also alleged that four other children of the mother had been adopted.

In the Interest of B. T.

The father never established a bond or visited his child, he failed to pay child support and he failed to attend hearings, which were specifically continued in order to allow him to make his case regarding his parental rights to his child.

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