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In the Interest of K. N.

The mother failed to properly care for her own H.I.V.-positive status, maintain a job, regularly attend scheduled visits or develop a basic relationship with her child.

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The mother of K. N. appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights. We affirm. In considering the mother’s appeal, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the juvenile court’s disposition and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the mother’s right to custody should have been terminated. We neither weigh the evidence nor determine the credibility of any witnesses, but instead defer to the juvenile court’s findings of fact. In the Interest of J. G. J. P. , 268 Ga. App. 614 602 SE2d 320 2004.

Viewed in that light, the record shows that K. N. was taken into protective custody on December 2, 2001, when he was three days old and still at the Floyd Medical Center with his mother. K. N. was removed from the mother because of her HIV status and history of not caring for her own medical needs as well as the mother’s perceived inability to care for the child due to her low mental functioning. At the time, the mother’s three other children were in the custody of the Polk County Department of Family and Children’s Services, who had reported that she was not cooperating with her court-ordered case plan. In addition, authorities had received reports of domestic violence between the mother and her boyfriend, who also was K. N.’s putative father.

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