Court Opinion

ID: 4290931
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-07-03 12:13:56.057014+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:49:29.806892
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MURPHY, Judge.
 

  Respondent appeals from orders terminating her parental rights to the minor children L.V. and A.V. On appeal, Respondent's appellate counsel filed a no-merit brief pursuant to Rule 3.1(d) stating that, after a conscientious and thorough review of the record on appeal, he has concluded that the record contains no issue of merit on which to base an argument for relief.
  
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  N.C. R. App. P.
 

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  3.1(d). Respondent's counsel complied with all requirements of Rule 3.1(d), and Respondent did not exercise her right under Rule 3.1(d) to file a
  
   pro se
  
  brief. No issues have been argued or preserved for review in accordance with our Rules of Appellate Procedure.
  
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  DISMISSED.
 

  Judges DIETZ and TYSON concur.
 

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   In accordance with Rule 3.1(d), appellate counsel provided Respondent with copies of the no-merit brief, trial transcript, and record on appeal and advised her of her right to file a brief with this Court
   
    pro se
   
   on 11 April 2018.
  

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   "Rule 3.1(d) does
   
    not
   
   grant indigent parents the right to receive an
   
    Anders
   
   -type review of the record by our Court, to consider issues not properly raised."
   
    State v. Velasquez-Cardenas
   
   , --- N.C. App. ----, ----,
   
    815 S.E.2d 9
   
   , 10,
   
    2018 WL 1801127
   
   , (filed 17 April 2018) (Dillon, J., concurring) (No. COA17-422).