In the Interest of T. L.

These appeals involve an order of the juvenile court terminating the father’s parental rights to T. L. and terminating the mother’s parental rights to T. L., D. L., and A. T. In Case Number A06A0379, the father appeals the juvenile court’s order. In Case Number A06A0380, the mother appeals the juvenile court’s order. Because the cases involve essentially the same set of facts, we have consolidated them for appeal. The evidence presented at the parental rights termination hearing revealed the following: D. L. first entered care with the Whitfield County Department of Family and Children Services the “Department” in October, 2001. At the adjudicatory hearing, the mother appeared, waived her right to counsel, and consented to an order finding D. L. to be deprived. The basis for the child’s status as deprived was the mother’s history of drug abuse and her lack of resources to meet the child’s needs. The mother had been in out-patient treatment but continued to test positive on drug screens. She then entered in-patient treatment. A. T., then age four, was placed with the mother in the treatment facility. A. T. was removed from the mother’s custody when the mother was ejected from the program for non-compliance. A. T. was adjudicated deprived in December, 2001, with the mother’s consent.

The mother was given a case plan designed to reunite her with D. L. and A. T.1 The mother’s case plan required that she regularly visit the children, cooperate with the Department, complete a substance abuse treatment program, submit to random drug screens and have six consecutive months of clean drug screens, improve her parenting and anger management skills via programs, cooperate with psychological evaluations and any recommended treatment, and establish and maintain housing and an income sufficient to meet the family’s needs. Similar subsequent case plans were submitted and approved by the court. On April 30, 2002, the juvenile court transferred physical custody of D. L. and A. T. to the mother. However, the mother subsequently tested positive for cocaine on June 20 and June 28, 2002.