Orange Cnty. Soc. Servs. Agency v. S. M. (In re Sofia M.)

*1039We have encountered this narrative before. Mother makes no progress on her case plan for a whole year, then, when it finally sinks in that she is going to lose her parental rights, she begins eagerly complying with the plan. The twist in this case is that the child, Sofia, was 14 years old, and by the time mother decided to comply with the plan, Sofia was depressed and *1040too hurt to want to spend any time with her. So she refused visits. At the 12-month review hearing, mother complained that *336she had been prevented from visiting Sofia. The court left the visitation order in place, and even…