Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2021-04-30 07:16:34.593898+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:04:10.286869
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

                               __________________

                               NO. 09-21-00016-CV
                               __________________

                    IN THE INTEREST OF K.D.
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               On Appeal from the 253rd District Court
                       Liberty County, Texas
                     Trial Cause No. CV2015473
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

       C.G. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her minor child,

K.D. The trial court found, by clear and convincing evidence, that statutory grounds

exist for termination of C.G.’s parental rights and that termination of her parental

rights would be in the best interest of K.D. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §

161.001(b)(1)(D), (E), (N), (O), (P), (2).

      C.G.’s appointed counsel submitted a brief in which counsel contends that

there are no arguable grounds to be advanced on appeal. See Anders v. California,

386 U.S. 738 (1967); In the Interest of L.D.T., 161 S.W.3d 728, 731 (Tex. App.—

Beaumont 2005, no pet.). The brief provides counsel’s professional evaluation of the

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record. Counsel served C.G. with a copy of the Anders brief filed on her behalf. This

Court notified C.G. of her right to file a pro se response, as well as the deadline for

doing so. This Court did not receive a pro se response.

      We have independently reviewed the appellate record and counsel’s brief, and

we agree that any appeal would be frivolous. We find no arguable error requiring us

to order appointment of new counsel to re-brief this appeal. Cf. Stafford v. State, 813

S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court’s order

terminating C.G.’s parental rights.

      AFFIRMED.

                                                     _________________________
                                                        W. SCOTT GOLEMON
                                                            Chief Justice

Submitted on April 12, 2021
Opinion Delivered April 29, 2021

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

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