The mother of D. L. W. appeals the order of the juvenile court awarding temporary custody of her child to the Spalding County Department of Family and Children Services the “Department”. She claims the evidence presented at the deprivation hearing was insufficient to support the juvenile court’s findings that i D. L. W. was deprived and ii a reunification plan was not appropriate. For the reasons set forth below, we disagree and affirm. “In the mother’s appeal from the trial court’s order of deprivation, we review the evidence from the juvenile court hearings in the light most favorable to the court’s judgment and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the child was deprived.”1 So viewed, the evidence showed that in December of 1997, the Lamar County Department of Family and Children Services the “Lamar Department” obtained temporary legal custody of one of the mother’s children after an incident in which the mother went into a rage in her home and tore cabinets off the wall, threw things on the floor, and put holes in the wall. The Lamar Department developed a reunification case plan for the mother after she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. The plan required her to become emotionally stable and included continuing her treatment with a psychiatrist, acquiring and demonstrating parenting skills, and cooperating with the Lamar Department. After a year, the Lamar Department determined that the mother was not showing emotional stability because she had missed appointments for mental health treatment, had been involved in incidents of domestic violence, and because the Lamar Department was unable to confirm that she was properly taking her medication. The child’s paternal grandmother took custody of the child in 1998. The Lamar Department continued to assist the mother in an adult protective services capacity until she moved out of Lamar County in May of 2001.
D. L. W. was born in December of 2002. The Department received a report of possible neglect in January of 2003 and sent a caseworker to the mother’s home. The caseworker found the mother’s home was clean, although the caseworker noted that D. L. W. was sleeping in the mother’s bed rather than a crib. The Department also received a report that D. L. W. had a severe diaper rash. A caseworker confirmed the report and asked the mother to obtain medical treatment for the child. In late January of 2003, the caseworker took the mother to Dr. Doug Stone-Miller for a psychological evaluation.
