COURT OF APPEALS OPINIONS IN JUVENILE COURT CASES

2003 ga app lexis

8 A03A0225 juv deprivation guardian ad litem appeals court find state failed prove deprivation by clear & convincing evidence

9 A03A0231 mother appeals termination of parental rights - deprivation

14 A03A0105 juvenile appeals adjudication of delinquency - armed robbery

110 A03A0584 juv appeals transfer to superior court for offenses of trafficking cocaine, possess marijuana, possess firearm during commission of felony

152 A03A0139 mother appeals termination of parental rights - deprivation

158 A02A2310 father appeals termination of parental rights based on evid and not at hearing (in prison)

185 A02A1696 mother appeals termination of parental rights

186 A02A1682 mother appeals termination of parental rights as to 3 of 10 children

206 A02A1958 father appeals tc denial of mot to modify deprivation order granting temporary custody to maternal grandmother

209 A02A2173 mother appeals termination of parental rights

214 A02A1817 juvenile appeals adjudication of delinquency - child molestation

236 A02A1944 mother appeals termination of parental rights

327 A02A1822 mother appeals termination of parental rights

387 A03A0930 mother appeals termination of parental rights

412 A02A2383 father appeals denial of pet to legitimate, termination of parental rights, & grant of adoption by child's step father

444 A03A0357 parents appeal termination of parental rights requested by an agency

480 A03A0452 mother appeals deprivation order

483 A03A0880 mother appeals termination of parental rights

526 A03A0564 mother appeals termination of parental rights Result: rev and rem error no investigation of possible placement of children w aunt

573 A03A0009 mother appeals termination of parental rights

588 A03A0232 mother appeals order that reunification services are inappropriate

620 A01A2290 COA upheld finding of deprivation, but reversed disposition of child. Supr Ct reversed disposition of child reversal of COA

646 A03A0037 father appeals termination of rights sought by mother

738 A03A0816 mother appeals termination of rights

739 A03A403 parents appeal order of deprivation and continued legal custody in SCDept of Soc Services

779 A03A0547 juvenile appeals finding of delinquency - assaulting a police officer Result: rev, judgment based on inadmissable hearsay

817 A03A0140 mother appeals termination of parental rights

867 A03A0288 mother appeals termination of parental rights Result rev and rem, lack of evidence that deprivation will continue

872 A03A0581 mother appeals termination of parental rights

970 A03A1701 juvenile appeals finding of delinquency - perjury Result rev, evid of only one witness not of 2 or one and corroborating evid as required by statute.

983 A03A1062 mother appeals termination of parental rights

995 A03A1541 juvenile appeals finding of delinquency - violation of probation

1001 A03A1888 father appeals termination of parental rights

1011 A03A1244 juvenile appeals finding of delinquency - Street Gang Terrorism Act and other crimes Result rev on gang act since juv petition did not state predicate acts showing pattern of gang activities on which charge based

1032 A03A1035 father appeals termination of parental rights and placement of child thereafter

1049 A03A 1637 mother appeals order terminating reunification services

1055 A03A0894 juvenile appeals adjudication of delinquency for taking a motor vehicle and 2 counts striking a stationary object

1084 A031639 father appeals termination of parental rights Result: rev and rem

1087 A03A1317 juvenile appeals adjudication of delinquency - offense of affray - venue Result: rev

1180 A03A1988, 1989 2 juveniles appeal adjudication of delinquency - criminal damage to property in 2nd degree

1208 A03A1174, 1175 father of one child with mother & mother of all 3 children appeal termination of parental rights Result: rev

1247 A03A1128 mother appeals termination of parental rights

1264 A03A1146 mother appeals termination of parental rights

1275 A03A01044 father appeals termination of reunification services and transferring custody permanently to DFACS

1317 A03A1346 juvenile appeals adjudication of delinquency - entering auto to with intent to commit theft and theft by taking

1293 A03A1601 mother appeals finding of deprivation and refusal to create reunification plan Result: Rev

1424 A03A1607 mother appeals finding of deprivation and refusal to provide reunification services awarding temporary custody to DFACS

1459 A03A1454 father appeals finding of deprivation and transferring child custody to county child welfare agency Result: rev

1474 A03A0953 putative father appeals termination of parental rights

1479 A03A1084 father appeals grant of order of adoption to prospective parents and thereby termination of parental rights and custody of child

1490 A03A1865 mother appeals termination of parental rights

1559 A03A2425 mother appeals termination of parental rights Result: vacated and remanded because there was an issue of whether the guardian ad litem's recommendation about parental rights contained a mistake in fact or typographical error

1563 A03A1752 mother appeals termination of parental rights

1581 A03A2571 biological father appeal order terminating parental rights filed by father. Failure to file legitimation petition within statutorily prescribed deadline left biological father w/o standing to contest termination order

1606 A03A1799 mother appeals termination of parental rights

Summary of Georgia Court of Appeals Case Opinions involving issues arising in Juvenile Court Published by Lexis in 2003

Total Opinions 54 Of these, 15% were reversals.

Issue:

33 Termination of Parental Rights. 61% of total.

22 (67%) were appeal of mother; 9 (27%) were appeal by father; 2 more than one	parent appealed.

11 Delinquency (In one, issue was transfer to superior court.). 20% of total.

4 Deprivation (3 were appeal by mother, 1 by father) 7% of total.

6 Others (Included orders to terminate reunification services, finding that reunification
services were inappropriate, and modification of order granting temp custody to
grandparent.)