IN RE M.J.B.

No. A99A0859.

520 S.E.2d 497 (1999)

238 Ga. App. 833

In the Interest of M.J.B., a child.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied October 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, P. Brian Campbell, Roswell, James W. Blount, Atlanta, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

In this appeal, the mother of M.J.B. challenges the termination of her parental rights on the ground that the juvenile court should not have allowed her to be served with process by publication. We find that the court did not err in allowing service by publication and affirm.

The record shows that M.J.B. and his mother tested positive for cocaine at M.J.B.'s birth. Six days later, the child was released from the hospital into the temporary...

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