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# Eleventh Court of Appeals

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____ __ _____ IN THE INTEREST OF J.R

. I. , A CHILD

On Appeal from the County Court at Law Midland County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. FM 56,350

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N This is an appeal from an order in which the trial court terminat ed the parental rights of the mother and the father of J. R

. I. The fa ther filed a notice of appeal ; the
mother did not

. We dismiss the appeal.
The fa ther’s court

- appointed counsel has filed a motion to withdraw and a supporting brief in which he professionally and conscientiously examines the record and applicable law and states that he has concluded that the appeal is frivolous. The brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 738 (1967), by presenting a professional evalua tion of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced. See In re Schulman , 252 S.W.3d 403 , 406

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(Tex. Crim. App. 2008); High v. State , 573 S.W.2d 807 , 812 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1978). In this regard, the practice reco gnized in Anders for court

- appointed counsel to seek a withdrawal from a frivolous appeal applies to parental termination proceedings involving appointed counsel. In re R.M.C. , 395 S.W.3d 820 (Tex. App.

— Eastland 2013, no pet.); se e In re K.D. , 127 S.W.3d 66, 67 (Tex. App.

— Hous ton [1st Dist.] 2003, no pet.). Appellant ’ s counsel provided Appellant with a copy of the brief and the
motion to withdraw and informed Ap pellant of h is right to review the record and f ile

a pro se response to counsel’s brief

. 1 In compliance with Kelly v. State , 436 S.W.3d
313 , 318

– 20 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014), counsel provided Appellant with a copy of the reporter’s record and a form motion to file in this court to obtain access to the appellate record. W e note that Appellant has not filed the motion in this court , nor has he filed a pro se response in this court . W e conclude that A ppellant ’ s counsel
has satisfied his dut ies under Anders
, Schulman , and Kelly

. Following the procedu res outlined in Anders and Schulman , we have independently reviewed the record, and we agree that the appeal is without merit and
should be dismissed. See Schulman , 252 S.W.3d at 409. Accordingly, we grant the
motion to withdraw filed by Appellant’s court

- appointed appellate counsel. Additionally, we order counsel to notify Appellant of the disposition of this appeal and the availability of discretionary review in the Texas Supreme Court. Counsel is
directed to send Appellant a copy of the opinion and judgment within five days after the opinion is handed down, along with notification of his right to file a pro se petition for review under T EX

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. P . 53. Likewise, this court advises Appellant that he may file a petition for review pursuant to T EX

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. P. 53.

1 By letter, t his court granted Appellant thirty days in which to exercise his right to file a response to counsel’s brief.3

The motion to withdraw is granted, and the appeal is dismissed.

PER CURIAM

September 17, 2015
Panel consists of: Wright, C.J., Willson, J. , and Bailey, J.