Court Opinion

ID: 4357990
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Date Created: 2019-01-11 07:35:20.85513+00
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COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
                               FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

                                       ORDER ON MOTION
 Cause number:           01-18-00729-CV
 Style:                  In the Interest of R.J., Jr., A Child
 Date motions filed*:    January 2, 2019
 Type of motions:        Motion to Withdraw as Attorney of Record on Appeal
 Party filing motions:   Appellant E.M.’s Appointed Counsel, Farrah F. Harper
 Document to be filed:   N/A

Ordered that motion is:
      ☐ Granted
      ☒ Denied
      ☐ Dismissed (e.g., want of jurisdiction, moot)
      ☒ Other: Counsel’s motion to withdraw states that “[t]his Court requires the filing of a
       Motion to Withdraw upon the filing of a brief.” However, a motion to withdraw by
       appointed counsel is generally required only when accompanying an Anders brief and
       here, the amended brief was not an Anders brief. See In the Interest of P.M., 520 S.W.3d
24, 27 (Tex. 2016) (holding that right to counsel in termination appeals includes filing of
       petition for review and, thus, “an Anders motion to withdraw brought in the court of
       appeals, in the absence of additional grounds for withdrawal, may be premature”) (citing
       Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 1400 (1967)); see also In the
       Interest of A.M., 495 S.W.3d 573, 582 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2016, pet. denied)
       (denying motion to withdraw after affirming termination in Anders case). Accordingly,
       counsel’s motion is denied._________________________________________________

Judge’s signature: _/s/ Laura Carter Higley_______________________________________
                   ☒ Acting individually      ☐ Acting for the Court
Date: ___January 10, 2019______