Appellant mother appeals from the March 31, 2004 order entered by the Juvenile Court of Henry County terminating her parental rights to her two minor children, L.G. and Y. G. Finding no error, we affirm. Following the grant of a termination of parental rights “TPR” petition, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the Department of Family and Children Services “DFCS”. In the Interest of H. D. M. , 241 Ga. App. 805 1 527 SE2d 633 2000. So viewed, the record reflects that on February 7, 2002, DFCS removed L.G. and Y. G., along with their older siblings S.G. and T. A., from their maternal great-grandmother’s home after making an unannounced visit. At the time of the removal, appellant was incarcerated in the Henry County Jail. Appellant had left the four children in the care of their elderly great-grandmother at the time of her arrest earlier that week.1
DFCS made the unannounced visit to the great-grandmother’s home after learning that the oldest sibling, T.A., had missed at least 23 days of school and had come to school inappropriately dressed, hungry, and smelling of a foul odor. When the DFCS case manager entered the home, “she was met by this horrid stench that made her sick to her stomach.” The home had no heat or running water and was suffering from extreme structural damage that was causing the floors to collapse. There was spoiled food in the kitchen area, and the remaining food in the refrigerator was freezer burned. Trash and food crumbs covered the floor in the children’s bedroom. Their beds had no linens. L.G. and Y. G. were found in dirty diapers, soaking wet, with dried feces caked on them. L.G. had areas on her vagina where the skin had eroded. The oldest child, T. A., told the case manager that the children had not bathed in a long time, that their great-grandmother did not always cook food for them, and that the home was very cold on a routine basis. On February 14, 2002, DFCS filed a deprivation petition regarding the children. Appellant stipulated to the children’s deprivation. The juvenile court found that the four children were deprived and placed them in the temporary custody of DFCS. Appellant did not appeal from that order.
