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COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 2-08-498-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF J.L.R., II, A.R.L.R., AND T.R.,
CHILDREN
AND
NO. 2-08-499-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF J.D.BW.R.,
A CHILD
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FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF PARKER COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION[1]
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Appellant Thomas R. appeals the trial court=s orders terminating his parental rights to his children J.L.R., II, A.R.L.R., T.R., and J.D.BW.R. We affirm.
Appellant=s court-appointed appellate counsel has filed a motion to withdraw and an Anders[2] brief in support stating that after diligently reviewing the record, he believes any appeal in these consolidated cases would be frivolous.
The brief meets the requirements of Anders by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds of error to be advanced.[3] Appellant=s counsel delivered a copy of the motion and supporting brief to appellant advising him of his right to contest the motion, review the record, and file a pro se brief with this court. The time for filing such a brief has expired, and we have not received a pro se brief. The State has not filed a brief.
As the reviewing appellate court, we must conduct an independent evaluation of the record to decide whether counsel is correct in determining the appeals are frivolous.[4]
Having carefully reviewed the record and the appellate brief, we agree with appellate counsel that appellant=s appeals are frivolous and without merit. We find nothing in the record that might arguably support the appeals.[5]
Accordingly, we affirm the trial court=s termination orders and grant counsel=s motion to withdraw.
PER CURIAM
PANEL: CAYCE, C.J.; DAUPHINOT and GARDNER, JJ.
DELIVERED: August 13, 2009
[1]See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
[2]Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967).
[3]See In re K.M., No. 02-01-00349-CV, 2003 WL 2006583, at *2 (Tex. App.CFort Worth May 1, 2003, no pet.) (mem. op.) (citing Anders, 386 U.S. at 747, 87 S. Ct. at 1401).
[4]See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).
[5]See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); In re D.D., 279 S.W.3d 849, 850 (Tex. App.CDallas 2009, pet. denied); K.M., 2003 WL 2006583, at *3.