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### Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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IN THE INTEREST OF G.S.G. AND Z.M.G.

__________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the County Court at Law Orange County, Texas Trial Cause No. C 200744

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Following a bench trial, the trial court terminated Mother ’s and

Father’s parent

- child relationship s with their child ren , nine

- year

- old

G.S.G . ( Gina ) and six

- year

- old Z.M.G . ( Zelda ). 1 As to Mother, the trial

court found by clear and convincing evidence that Mother :

(1) knowingly placed or knowingly allowed the children to remain in conditions or surroundings that endangered the physical or emotional well

- bein g of the children, pursuant to § 161.001(b)(1)(D), Texas Family Code;

1 To protect the identities of Mother, Father, and their children, we use pseudonyms in the opinion in place of names. See Tex. R. App. P. 9.8(a), (b).2 (2) engaged in conduct or knowingly placed the children with persons who engaged in conduct which endanger ed the physical or emotional well

- being of the children, pursuant to § 161.001(b)(1) (E), Texas Family Code; (3) constructively abandoned the children

, who have been in the permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services for not less than six months along with the additional findings required in section 161.001(b)(1)(N) of the Texas Family Code; (4) failed to comply with the provisions of a court order establishing the actions Mother had to follow to have her children returned after they were placed with the Department of Family and Protective Services for not less than nine months following their removal f or abuse or neglect, pursuant to § 161.00(b)(1)(O), Texas Family Code; and (5) used a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a manner that endangered the health or safety of the child, and then failed to complete a court

- o rdered substance abuse treatment program or complet e a court

ordered substance abuse treatment program and continued to abuse a controlled substance in a manner that endanger ed the health or safety of her children. 2

As to Father, t he trial court found that Father filed “an unrevoked

or irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights as provided

by Chapter 161, Texas Family Code[.]” Finally, the trial court found that

terminating Mother’s and Father’s parent

- child relationships with Gina

and Zelda is in their best interest. After the trial court signed the order

terminating Mother’s and Father’s parental rights, Mother appealed

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Father , however, did not

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2 See Tex. Fam. Code. Ann. § 161.001(b)(1)(D), (E), (N), (O), (P).3 On appeal, Mother’s court

- appointed attorney filed a brief. The

brief provides the C ourt with a professional evaluation of the record.

According to Mother’s brief, no arguable grounds exist to support

Mother’s appeal. 3 Mother’s attorney certified that he sent Mother a copy

of the brief . Upon receiving the attorney’s brief, the Clerk of t he Ninth

Court of Appeals notified Mother she had until May 20, 2022, to file a pro

se response to the brief with the Court

. But the appellate record shows

that Mother failed to respond

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We have independently reviewed the record. Based on our review

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we find Mother’s appeal to be frivolous. Accordingly, we need not appoint

another attorney to re

- brief the appeal

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For the above reasons, the trial court’s judgment is

A FFIRMED.

_________________________ HOLLIS HORTON Justice

Submitted on June 15, 2022 Opinion Delivered July 14, 2022

Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ

.

3 See Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 738 (1967); In re L.D.T. , 161 S.W.3d 728, 731 (Tex. App.

— Beaumont 2005, no pet.).

4 Cf. Stafford v. State , 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).