In re J.W.

Respondent appealed from the trial court’s termination of her parental rights, arguing that the trial court erred in finding that she was an unfit parent after concluding that she had failed to make reasonable progress and efforts toward reunification and failed to maintain a reasonable degree of concern or responsibility for the child’s welfare. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in finding that respondent failed to make reasonable progress during the specified nine-month period where respondent’s efforts to comply with the parenting plan did not occur until after the permanency goal had already been changed from reunification to termination of parental rights. (HYMAN and C.A. WALKER, concurring)