Respondent appealed from a trial court order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. On appeal, respondent argued that the court’s unfitness finding was against the manifest weight of the evidence, the court’s best-interest finding was against the manifest weight of the evidence, her due process rights were violated when the court denied her motion to represent herself, the State failed to provide reasonable accommodations for respondent to complete required services during incarceration, and respondent was provided ineffective assistance of counsel. The appellate court affirmed finding, among other things, that respondent did not request to represent herself in the proceedings that were subject of the appeal, and that respondent’s remaining arguments lacked merit. The appellate court also ordered sanctions against respondent’s appellate attorney for violating the rules of professional conduct, including “abuse of the adversary system” by “[f]lagrant and unprincipled use of AI without ensuring the accuracy of the generated response.” (LANNERD and KNECHT, concurring)
