The Juvenile Court of Glynn County entered an Order authorizing the Glynn County Department of Family and Children Services “DFCS” to discontinue efforts to reunite J.B. with his parents. The mother of J.B. appeals,1 contending that there was insufficient evidence to support the juvenile court’s Order. We disagree and affirm. On a mother’s appeal from an order approving plans for nonreunification, we construe the evidence in favor of the judgment and determine whether a rational trier of fact could have found clear and convincing evidence that reunification services should not be provided. We neither weigh the evidence nor determine the credibility of witnesses; we defer to the juvenile court’s factfinding and affirm unless the appellate standard is not met. Citations and punctuation omitted. In the Interest of K.R. , 270 Ga. App. 296 605 SE2d 911 2004. Viewed in this light, the evidence shows that J.B. first came into care in January 2004 after an automobile accident led to the arrest of the putative father for driving under the influence with J.B. in the car. DFCS was unable to locate appellant, the mother of J.B., because the putative father refused to provide any information concerning her whereabouts. Consequently, DFCS filed a deprivation petition and took temporary custody of J.B., initially placing him in emergency shelter care but later with his paternal grandmother.
After DFCS located appellant, an adjudicatory hearing on the deprivation petition was held at which both appellant and the putative father were present with counsel. The juvenile court found J.B. deprived based on the parent’s substance abuse problems and granted custody to DFCS. The juvenile court noted that both parents had stipulated to all of the allegations made by DFCS in its petition, including the fact that J.B. was deprived, that it would be contrary to his welfare to remain in his parents’ home, and that it would be in his best interest to be placed in DFCS custody. The juvenile court also directed DFCS to prepare a case plan with the goal of reunification in which the parents were required, among other things, to “remain sober and drug-free.” Neither parent appealed the Order.
