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ACCEPTED
                                                                                      01-15-00525-CV
                                                                           FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                   HOUSTON, TEXAS
                                                                                 8/17/2015 2:41:16 PM
                                                                                CHRISTOPHER PRINE
                                                                                               CLERK

                      No. 01-15-00525-CV
  __________________________________________________________
                                                      FILED IN
                                                1st COURT OF APPEALS
                 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS            HOUSTON, TEXAS
              FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT 8/17/2015 2:41:16 PM
                   OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON          CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
                                                       Clerk
 ___________________________________________________________

     IN THE INTEREST OF J.M., B.L.U., B.L.U. and K.U., Children

  _________________________________________________________

                              S.P.M., Appellant

                                      v.

 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES,
                           Appellee
  _________________________________________________________

               On Appeal from the 314th District Court
                        Harris County, Texas
                 Trial Court Cause No. 2013-05384J
 ____________________________________________________________

            COUNSEL’S MOTION TO WITHDRAW AFTER
                    FILING ANDERS BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:

      WILLIAM M. THURSLAND, appointed appellate counsel for
S.P.M., appellant, files his motion to withdraw and in support thereof
respectfully shows:
      1. Contemporaneously with filing this motion, Counsel is filing a
brief wherein he concludes that the referenced appeal is frivolous pursuant to
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967)
     2. In support of this motion, counsel states:
      a. He sent a copy of the Anders brief to appellant on August 17, 2015
along with a letter explaining that she has the right to file a pro se brief
within 30 days as well as her right to file a petition for review with the Texas
Supreme Court within 45 days of the last order issued by the Court of
Appeals.
      b. The brief and letter were forwarded to appellant at her last known
address by certified mail, return receipt requested, first class U.S. mail as
well as by electronic delivery to her last known email address.
      c. In the letter to appellant, counsel further explained that the Court of
Appeals conducts its own independent review of the record. If it determines
that there is any colorable claim for appeal, the Court will grant counsel’s
motion to withdraw and abate the appeal to permit the trial court to appoint a
new appellate attorney with directions to file another brief.
      WHEREFORE, WILLIAM M. THURSLAND, appointed appellate
counsel for S.P.M., appellant, prays that this motion be granted and he be
permitted to withdraw as her counsel.

                                  Respectfully submitted,
                                  /s/ william m thursland
                                  ___________________________
                                  William M. Thursland
                                  TBN: 20016200
                                  440 Louisiana St., Ste. 1130
                                  Houston, TX 77002
                                  Email: wmthursland@hotmail.com
                                  (713) 655-0200 x 105; Fax: (713) 655-9035

                                  Attorney for Appellant, S.P.M.
                      CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

        Pursuant to TRAP 10.1(a)(5), I certify that appellee’s counsel, Sandra
 D. Hachem, is unopposed to this motion.

                                  /s/ william m thursland
                                  ______________________
                                  William M. Thursland

                        CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

        I certify that a true and correct copy of appellant’s brief was served in
accordance with TRAP on August 17, 2015 on:
        (1) Sandra D. Hachem, Sr. assistant Harris County attorney, 1019
Congress, 15th Fl., Houston, TX 77002, by electronic delivery;
        (2) Gary Polland, 2211 Norfolk, Ste. 920, Houston, TX 77098,
attorney ad litem for the children, by hand or electronic delivery; and,
        (3) S.P.M., appellant, to her last known address: 11410 Brooklyn St.,
 TRLR 261, Houston, TX 77093 by certified mail, return receipt requested &
 U.S. First Class Mail and by electronic delivery to
 sandrapmccormick@yahoo.com

                                  /s/ william m. thursland
                                  _________________________
                                  William M. Thursland