Fourth Court of Appeals
San Antonio, Texas
MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-22-00018-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF T.D. and C.R., Children
From the 408th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2020PA01440
Honorable Elma T. Salinas Ender, Judge Presiding
Opinion by: Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice
Sitting: Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice
Irene Rios, Justice
Beth Watkins, Justice
Delivered and Filed: April 13, 2022
AFFIRMED; MOTION TO WITHDRAW DENIED
Appellant T.S. (“Mother”) appeals from the trial court’s order terminating her parental
rights to her child C.R. and appointing Mother possessory conservator of her child T.D. Mother’s
court-appointed appellate counsel filed a motion to withdraw and a brief containing a professional
evaluation of the record, concluding there are no arguable grounds for reversal of the order. The
brief satisfies the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). See In re P.M., 520
S.W.3d 24, 27 n.10 (Tex. 2016) (per curiam) (recognizing that Anders procedures apply in parental
termination cases). Additionally, counsel represents that he provided Mother with a copy of the
brief and the motion to withdraw, advised Mother of her right to review the record and file her
own brief, and informed Mother how to obtain a copy of the record, providing her with a form
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motion for access to the appellate record. We issued an order setting a deadline for Mother to file
a pro se brief. However, Mother did not request the appellate record or file a pro se brief.
After reviewing the appellate record and appointed counsel’s brief, we conclude no
plausible grounds exist for reversal of the termination order. Accordingly, we affirm the trial
court’s termination order. We deny counsel’s motion to withdraw because it does not show good
cause for withdrawal. See id. at 27 & n.7 (holding that counsel’s obligations in a parental
termination case extend through exhaustion or waiver of all appeals and that withdrawal should be
permitted by a court of appeals “only for good cause” (citing TEX. R. CIV. P. 10)).
Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice
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