Court Opinion

ID: 4453793
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Date Created: 2019-11-07 15:15:02.760372+00
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                               NO. 09-19-00231-CV
                               __________________

                     IN THE INTEREST OF S.S.
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                 On Appeal from the 1st District Court
                        Jasper County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 37302
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      K.S. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her minor child,

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

exist for termination of K.S.’s parental rights and that termination of K.S.’s parental

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

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

      K.S.’s court-appointed appellate counsel submitted a brief in which counsel

contends 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.

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App.—Beaumont 2005, no pet.). The brief provides counsel’s professional

evaluation of the record. Counsel served K.S. with a copy of the Anders brief filed

on her behalf. This Court notified K.S. 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 K.S.’s parental rights.

      AFFIRMED.

                                              ______________________________
                                                     STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                         Chief Justice

Submitted on October 22, 2019
Opinion Delivered November 7, 2019

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

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