IN INTEREST OF S.A.W.

No. A97A1358.

491 S.E.2d 441 (1997)

228 Ga. App. 197

In the Interest of S.A.W., a child.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie B. Prokopovich, Buford, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Rich, Smith & McCoy, Michael T. Smith, John L. Welsh II, Lawrenceville, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Judge.

In this deprivation case, we must decide whether an order of the juvenile court authorizing the Gwinnett County Department of Family & Children Services ("DFACS") to discontinue efforts to reunite S.A.W. and her mother is a final judgment subject to direct appeal and, if so, whether the juvenile court erred in determining that reunification services need no longer be provided. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the order is appealable as...

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