IN RE A.B.

No. A08A0691.

658 S.E.2d 205 (2008)

In the Interest of A.B., a child.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

February 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

The mother of A.B. appeals a deprivation finding that led to A.B.'s being placed into the temporary custody of the Department of Family and Children Services (DFACS). Challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, she argues that the juvenile court should have focused on the adequate care given to the child by its grandmother rather than on the mother's abandonment. We disagree, holding that the evidence of the mother's abandonment was the...

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