Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under pre-2000 Code Section 15-11-86, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section. See the Editor's notes at the beginning of the chapter.

Standard of review for the termination of parental rights is whether, after viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the parent, a rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the biological parent's rights should have been lost. In re A.C., 234 Ga. App. 717, 507 S.E.2d 549 (1998) (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-86).

Cited in In the Interest of S. P., 336 Ga. App. 488, 784 S.E.2d 846 (2016).