Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-10-01 08:09:59.773543+00
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Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed September 28, 2023.

                                       In The

                        Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00361-CV

                    IN THE INTEREST OF X.E., A CHILD

                    On Appeal from the 314th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2022-00633J

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      This is an appeal from a final decree terminating Mother’s and Father’s
parental rights as to their child. Only Father has appealed the trial court’s judgment.

      Father’s counsel has filed a brief in which he concludes that the appeal is
wholly frivolous and without merit. The brief meets the requirements of Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), in that it presents a professional evaluation of the
record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced. The Anders
procedures apply to an appeal from the termination of parental rights when an
appointed attorney concludes there are no non-frivolous issues to assert on appeal.
See In re D.E.S., 135 S.W.3d 326, 329 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2004, no
pet.).

         On July 19, 2023, this court notified Father of the right to file a pro se response
to the Anders brief. More than thirty days have elapsed and, as of this date, no pro
se response has been filed.

         We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel’s brief and agree that the
appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. Further, we find no reversible error in
the record. A discussion of the brief would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the
state.

         Accordingly, the trial court’s decree of termination is affirmed.

                                           /s/       Tracy Christopher
                                                     Chief Justice

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Bourliot and Hassan.

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