This is an appeal from an order of the juvenile court terminating the mother’s parental rights to B. S., a two-year-old child. The mother contends the trial court erred in concluding that the child was deprived due to lack of proper parental care, that any such deprivation would likely continue or not be remedied, and that such deprivation will cause or is likely to cause serious physical, mental, emotional, or moral harm to the child. We find no reversible error and affirm the juvenile court’s order terminating the mother’s parental rights. The evidence presented at the parental rights termination hearing revealed the following: On April 14, 2003 the Bleckley County Department of Family & Children Services the “Department” received a report that B. S., who was then three months old, was feeble, underweight and exhibited poor color. She had only gained two pounds since birth, had poor neck muscle control, a protruding abdomen, and was listless. An examination revealed that B. S. had dropped from the twenty-fifth to the third percentile on the growth chart since birth. B. S. was placed in foster care, and the Department developed a reunification case plan that required the mother to demonstrate the ability and the mental capacity to care for B. S. Under the case plan, the mother was to obtain and maintain a source of income and clean/safe housing and attend mental health treatment. Case plan reports show that the mother denied the child was malnourished, failed to properly feed the child during visitation, failed to obtain a stable home or employment, and failed to follow treatment recommendations following a psychological evaluation. B. S. was noted to be “somewhat developmentally delayed” and required therapeutic home services.
On January 5, 2004, the juvenile court issued an order finding B. S. deprived because of nutritional neglect. The mother did not appeal that order. Subsequent case plan reports demonstrate that the mother had not yet completed her case plan requirements. The mother was not prepared to care for B. S., who required constant medical attention, and, even though the mother regularly visited B. S., she often sat on the couch and only watched the child. On March 4, 2004, the juvenile court found that it was in the child’s best interest to change the permanency plan to adoption. That order was not appealed. The Department filed a petition to terminate the mother’s parental rights.
