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The mother of minor children M. T. C. and D. J. C. appeals from a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights. In a single enumeration of error, she claims that the juvenile court improperly based its termination order on three findings of fact not supported by the evidence. We find no reversible error and must therefore affirm the juvenile court order. In support of its decision to terminate the mother’s parental rights, the juvenile court made numerous findings of facts. The juvenile court found, among other things, that the mother has a medically verifiable deficiency of her mental and emotional health which renders her unable to provide for her children’s needs; that the mother lacks the ability to form an emotional or affectionate bond with her children as a result of her schizophrenia, and adjustment and bipolar disorders; that the mother has no family support to assist in providing for the basic needs of the children; that the mother has a long history of non-compliance with the goals set forth in numerous reunification plans; that she continues being non-compliant with efforts to enable her to provide for the basic needs of herself and the children; that during the time the children were in her care the mother lived in at least eight different residences; that her employment history has consisted of three jobs, all of which were brief in duration and resulted in termination; that in addition to her terminations for poor job performance and frequent absences, the mother was arrested for financial identity fraud after she applied for telephone service using another individual’s name and social security number, which she had obtained at her most recent job; and that termination of parental rights is in the children’s best interests.

The mother challenges three of these findings. She claims there is no evidence to support findings that she was terminated from employment for poor job performance, that she applied for telephone service using another individual’s name and social security number, and that as a result of her mental disorders she lacks the ability to bond with her children. We will address the findings in order.

 
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