Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-24 00:05:55.472841+00
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D ORIGINAL                                            01/23/2024

         IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

                                       DA 23-0343

IN THE MAI 1ER OF:

S.F. and A.F.,                                                     ORDER

             Youths in Need of Care.                                               FLED
                                                                                   JAN 2 3 2024
                                                                                 Bowen Greenwood
                                                                               Clerk of Supreme
                                                                                                Court
                                                                                  State of Montana

      Counsel for the appellant mother of S.F. and A.F: filed a motion and brief asking to
be allowed to withdraw from this appeal on grounds that counsel has been unable to find
any nonfrivolous issues to raise on appeal, pursuant to § 46-8-103(2), MCA, and Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct 1396 (1967). The mother responded to counsePs brief
and objected to counsel's motion.
      The Court has now independently examined the record pursuant to § 46-8-103(2),
MCA, and Anders. We have considered the arguments raised by counsel and by the mother
in her response. We conclude there are no arguments with potential legal merit that could
be raised in the mother's appeal in this case.
       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this appeal is DISMISSED.
       The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record and to
the appellant mother person ly.
       DATED this ?..c3 day ofJanuaty, 2024.

                                                               ChiefJustice
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