In the Interest of MMA

174 Ga. App. 898 (1985)

332 S.E.2d 39

IN THE INTEREST OF M. M. A.

69966.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 30, 1985.

Ralph F. Simpson, for appellant.

Robert H. Reeves, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises from a petition filed in juvenile court by the Department of Human Resources through the Worth County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS), alleging that M. M. A. was a deprived and neglected child within the meaning of the Juvenile Court Act (OCGA § 15-11-2 (8)) and seeking to have custody of the child removed from her father, appellee herein, and temporary…