In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-15-00330-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF L.B., CHILD
On Appeal from the 237th District Court
Lubbock County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2013-509,708, Honorable Leslie Hatch, Presiding
December 7, 2015
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.
Appellant, R.R., had his parental rights to L.B. terminated and has appealed from
that order. His appointed counsel filed a motion to withdraw, together with an Anders1
brief. See In re A.W.T, 61 S.W.3d 87, 88 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2001, no pet.) (applying
Anders to termination proceedings). Therein, she certified that the appeal was without
merit. The certification was made after diligently searching the record, according to
appointed counsel. Along with her brief, counsel attached a copy of a letter sent to
appellant informing him of his right to file a response pro se and stating that the record
has been provided to him. By letter dated November 13, 2015, this court also informed
1
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).
appellant of his right to tender his own response and set December 2, 2015, as the
deadline to do so.2 To date, we have not received a response.
In compliance with the principles enunciated in Anders, appellate counsel
discussed the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support one of the trial
court’s statutory findings as a basis for termination and the finding that termination is in
the best interests of the child. She also addressed other potential issues for appeal.
However, in each circumstance, she explained why none of the foregoing areas
presented arguable grounds for appeal.
We conducted our own review of the record to uncover any potential error. None
were found. Accordingly, we concur with the representation of appellant’s counsel,
grant the motion to withdraw, and affirm the judgment.
Brian Quinn
Chief Justice
2
Given the accelerated nature of the appeal, see TEX. R. APP. P. 28.4 (accelerating appeals in
parental termination cases) and TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a) (obligating the appellate court to dispose of
an appeal from an order terminating parental rights within 180 days of the date the notice of appeal is
filed), only twenty days is granted appellant’s counsel to file an appellant’s brief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6
(a). Therefore, twenty days is granted the appellant to file a pro se response to that brief in an Anders
situation.
2