In the Interest of D.F.

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Mother’s and Father’s parental rights were terminated in an abuse and neglect proceeding. Mother was served by publication and failed to appear at any of the hearings.1 She subsequently moved to reopen, challenging the State’s due diligence in attempting to locate her before the service by publication. She also challenged the circuit court’s refusal to reopen to redetermine her parental fitness. The circuit court denied relief. We affirm.

[¶ 2.] D.F. was born on October 22, 1994, in Illinois. When D.F. was less than a year old, Mother brought him and his sister (born…