The biological mother of S. G., a child, appeals from the order of the Juvenile Court of DeKalb County terminating her parental rights to the child. The appellant claims that there was a lack of clear and convincing evidence to support the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights. For the following reasons, we find the evidence was sufficient and affirm. The juvenile court’s decision to terminate appellant’s parental rights involved a two-step proceeding. In the first step, the court was required to determine pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-94 a “whether there is present clear and convincing evidence of parental misconduct or inability . . .” Under OCGA § 15-11-94 b 4 A, The court determines parental misconduct or inability by finding that: i The child is a deprived child, as such term is defined in Code Section 15-11-2; ii The lack of proper parental care or control by the parent in question is the cause of the child’s status as deprived; iii Such cause of deprivation is likely to continue or will not likely be remedied; and iv The continued deprivation will cause or is likely to cause serious physical, mental, emotional, or moral harm to the child. Pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-2 8, a deprived child is defined as a child who:
A Is without proper parental care or control, subsistence, education as required by law, or other care or control necessary for the child’s physical, mental, or emotional health or morals; B Has been placed for care or adoption in violation of law; C Has been abandoned by his or her parents or other legal custodian; or D Is without a parent, guardian, or custodian. In determining whether the child was without proper parental care or control as set forth in OCGA § 15-11-94 b 4 A, the court was required to consider any evidence that such care and control was absent, including evidence of the statutory circumstances described in OCGA § 15-11-94 b 4 B and C. In the present case, the court considered whether there was evidence sufficient to find the existence of the following statutory circumstances:
