Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-08 00:04:29.047572+00
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03/07/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                                     Case Number: DA 22-0344

                                         DA 22-0344                       FILED
                                                                           MAR 0 7 2r..,23
                                                                        Bowen Greenwc
                                                                      Glen,: of Supreme Court
                                                                         State of Montana
 IN THE MA II ER OF:

 A.R.,                                                                 ORDER

         A Youth in Need of Care.

         Counsel for the appellant father of A.R. 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.
Califbrnia, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967). The father was granted time to file a
response. Although the father did not file a response with this Court, the Office of the
Attomey General has forwarded to this Court an unsigned, unserved document that it
received that purports to be from the father. The State's Notice of Filing, along with the
document it received, has been filed by the Clerk.
         The Court has now independently examined the record pursuant to § 46-8-103(2),
MCA, and Anders. We conclude there are no arguments with potential legal merit that
could be raised in the father's appeal in this case.
         Therefore,
         IT IS 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 father personally.
         DATED this /-      day of March, 2023.

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