In the Interest of C. M. S.

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the juvenile court terminating the parental rights of appellant Richard Doll in his two sons, C. M. S. and J. L. D. Appellant is presently serving a lengthy prison sentence in Ohio for the murder of the children’s mother to whom he was never married. Held:

1. Appellant maintains that the juvenile court did not have jurisdiction to terminate his parental rights because he was never served with the notice required pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-83. As the biological father who was not the legal father of the children, he should have been…