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In the Interest of J. D.

The mother admitted that she did not want to parent the child, she failed to comply with her reunification goals, she rarely visited the child and she paid no child support.

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Following a hearing, the juvenile court of Lowndes County terminated the parental rights of Jessica Deloach, the mother of three-year-old J. D. Deloach appeals, contending that the juvenile court erred in terminating her parental rights because there was 1 insufficient evidence demonstrating parental misconduct or inability, and 2 insufficient evidence showing that a termination of her parental rights was in the best interest of the child. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. In reviewing a termination of parental rights, we determine, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the lower court’s judgment, whether “any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the biological parent’s rights to custody have been lost.” In the Interest of F. C. 1 “This Court neither weighs evidence nor determines the credibility of witnesses; rather, we defer to the trial court’s fact-finding and affirm unless the appellate standard is not met.” In the Interest of R. N .2

So viewed, the evidence shows that in early May 2003, the Department of Family & Children Services “DFCS” received a complaint from Deloach’s mother J. D.’s grandmother that Deloach was providing inadequate care and supervision for the then 16-month-old J. D. DFCS contacted Deloach and she informed them that she did not want to parent J. D. DFCS tried to place J. D. with another family member but was unsuccessful. Later that month, the grandmother brought J. D. to a DFCS office and requested placement foster care until Deloach could learn to care for the child. The juvenile court issued a shelter care order and took J. D. into protective custody.

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