Respondent appealed from a trial court order terminating her parental rights after the trial court found the respondent to be an unfit parent. On appeal, respondent argued that the State failed to prove her unfitness by clear and convincing evidence, that her lack of progress should not be held against her because she did not receive accommodations for her intellectual disability, that the father’s lack of parental fitness should not be held against her, that the trial court committed evidentiary errors, and that it was not in the best interests of the child that respondent’s parental right be termination. The appellate court found no reversible error and affirmed, finding that respondent failed to show that the trial court’s fitness determination was against the manifest weight of the evidence and that respondent did not provide any basis for finding that proper accommodations for her disability would have changed the outcome. (FITZGERALD SMITH and COBBS, concurring)
Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Termination of Parental Rights