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IN RE S.J.

No. A04A0836.

607 S.E.2d 225 (2004)

270 Ga. App. 598

In the Interest of S.J., a child.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

November 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Smith, Smyrna, for appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Edwards, Friedwald & Grayson, Betty R. Blass, for appellee.

PHIPPS, Judge.

The mother of S.J. contests juvenile court orders finding her child deprived and placing S.J. in the custody of the child's paternal grandmother. Because the evidence was insufficient to support a finding that S.J. was deprived, the contested orders were unauthorized and therefore are reversed.

OCGA § 15-11-2(8)(A) defines a "deprived child" as one "without proper parental care or control, subsistence, education as required by law, or other...

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