In the INTEREST OF R. C. Et Al., Children.

Rickman, Judge.

In this termination of parental rights case, we granted the discretionary appeal application filed by the mother of R. C., who was 7 years old at the time of the termination, and C. C., who was 5 years old at the time of the termination. The mother contends, among other things, that the DeKalb County office of the Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services ("the Department") improperly served her summons by publication because the Department did not first exercise due diligence to locate her and personally serve her or otherwise give her…