Represented by a guardian ad litem, seven-year-old D. W., six-year-old C. W., and four-year-old J. W., appeal from the juvenile court’s order finding insufficient evidence to support the termination of their mother’s parental rights.1 Because the juvenile court failed to enter the requisite findings of fact in its order, we remand this case for the appropriate findings. 1. In reviewing a juvenile court’s ruling in a termination of parental rights proceeding “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.” Citations and punctuation omitted. In the Interest of A. M. , 259 Ga. App. 537, 541 578 SE2d 226 2003. It is well-established thatthe juvenile court employs a two-prong analysis for determining whether parental rights should be terminated under OCGA § 15-11-94. First, the court determines whether there is clear and convincing evidence of parental misconduct or that the parent is unable to care for and control the child. Second, the court determines whether termination is in the best interest of the child. Citations and punctuation omitted. Id.
“The juvenile court is required to make explicit findings as to the existence of parental misconduct or inability as defined in OCGA § 15-11-94 b.” Citations, footnote and punctuation omitted. In the Interest of A. D. L. , 253 Ga. App. 64, 67 2 557 SE2d 489 2001; see also In the Interest of S. W. J. P. D. , 275 Ga. App. 272, 273 620 SE2d 497 2005; Avera v. Rainwater , 147 Ga. App. 505, 506 249 SE2d 340 1978 explicit findings of fact and conclusions of law are required; compare In the Interest of R. M. , 194 Ga. App. 888, 890 3 392 SE2d 13 1990 affirming juvenile court’s dismissal of termination petition where court made findings of fact supported by the record, disapproved on other grounds, State v. Herendeen , 279 Ga. 323, 326-327 613 SE2d 647 2005. Here, without making any findings of fact regarding parental misconduct or inability or the lack thereof, the juvenile court concluded that the evidence presented by the Department of Family and Children Services DFACS was “insufficient to sustain the termination petition as to the mother, although the children remain deprived as to the mother.” Our court does not find facts for the trial court. “The appellate court’s role is not to weigh the evidence and give a de novo opinion as to the weight of the evidence . . . . The factfinding and weighing of evidence is to be done in the trial court under the clear and convincing evidence test.” Citations and punctuation omitted. In the Interest of E. C. , 225 Ga. App. 12, 19 482 SE2d 522 1997.
