In re Dorrell R.

Opinion

MIHALAKOS, J.

The respondent mother appeals from the judgment of the trial court terminating her parental rights with regard to her son, D.1 On appeal, she claims that the court improperly (1) found that the department of children and families (department) had made reasonable reunification efforts at the time that the petitioner, the commissioner of children and families (commissioner), filed the petition to terminate the respondent’s parental rights, (2) found that termination of her paren*457tal rights was in the best interest of D and (3) used a “sympathy” standard in deciding whether…