In the Interest of A. J.

Eldridge, Judge.

This is an appeal brought pro se by the child’s natural father and legal custodian,1 a Georgia prisoner, from a final deprivation order of the Juvenile Court of Fulton County. The father appears to contend that the juvenile court’s order was void for want of subject matter jurisdiction and denial of his constitutional right to due process by not securing his presence at the deprivation hearing. The record shows that upon receiving notice of the deprivation proceedings in issue, the father requested that arrangements be made to enable him to appear personally and that counsel…