In the Interest of S. V.

The biological mother challenges the juvenile court’s order in which it found S. V. to be deprived. As the clear and convincing evidence supports the juvenile court’s ruling, we affirm. On appeal from a deprivation order, we view the evidence in a light most favorable to the juvenile court’s ruling to ascertain “whether any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the child was deprived.”1 In so doing, we neither weigh the evidence nor assess witness credibility.2

Viewed in this manner, the evidence shows that S. V. was born in April 1998. In July 2002, when S. V. was four years old, she was sexually abused by her mother’s live-in boyfriend. According to the doctor who examined S. V. at that time, she had injuries to her genitalia consistent with either digital or penile penetration. After the boyfriend was convicted and imprisoned, the mother was in dire financial straits, and the Department of Family and Children Services DFCS provided services to assist her in obtaining stable housing.