Termination of mother and father’s parental rights and award of custody to DHR, AFFIRMED, juvenile court did not lack jurisdiction to proceed with dispostional hearing, even though parents executed voluntary surrender in favor of maternal great-grandparents on September 15, 2008, since juvenile court’s order, wich was not filed until September 17, 2008, clearly stated that it was nunc pro tunc to September 3, 2008, date of termination hearing; juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in treating great-grandparents’ ages as dispositive factor in dispositional hearing, because juvenile’s court’s duty to consider best interest of child gives court discretion to consider many factors and evidence showed that DHR recommended foster family for child’s long-term placement and child had developed attchements to family.

In the Interest of D.C.H., A09A1557 (11/06/09)

From:  Fulton County Daily Report, 12/4/2009