The biological father of five of eight children and the mother of all eight1 appeal an order terminating their parental rights. In a single enumeration of error, they contend that the trial court erred in terminating their parental rights, asserting that the evidence was not sufficient to support a finding of parental misconduct or inability by clear and convincing evidence. After review of the record, we find otherwise and affirm. 1. In considering a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence in a termination of parental rights case, the evidence must be reviewed in the light most favorable to the court’s determination. In the Interest of D. B. , 242 Ga. App. 763 531 SE2d 172 2000. When the evidence shows that any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the biological parent’s rights have been lost, we defer to the juvenile court’s factfinding. Id.
So viewed, the evidence shows that appellants had a lengthy and extensive history of neglecting the children. In 1997, the Department of Family and Children Services DFACS took emergency custody of A.C.O., F.R.O., W.L.R., and H.L.O., ranging in age from five years to eight months, after they were found at home alone. After a hearing, the juvenile court found them to be deprived. In 1999, DFACS took emergency custody of sixteenth-month-old W.L.O. and five-month-old R.L.O. after W.L.O. was found to have two fractures at different stages of healing, and the treating physician opined that this was “at least consistent with child neglect.” At the time, the mother was homeless and the father was incarcerated. The juvenile court also found these children to be deprived. In 2000, DFACS obtained emergency custody of five-day-old K.L.O. because the appellant mother had no permanent residence, and the juvenile court entered a consent deprivation order. Finally, in 2001, DFACS obtained emergency custody of three-day-old J.D.R., and the juvenile court found the child to be deprived. As appellants acknowledge, neither these orders nor successive continuation orders finding the children to be deprived were appealed.
