Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2020-11-02 08:20:39.162221+00
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Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 29, 2020.

                                       In The

                        Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-20-00479-CV

    IN THE INTEREST OF K.J.R. A/K/A K.R. AND K.J.R., CHILDREN

                    On Appeal from the 313th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2019-02125J

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant, D.M.R., appeals a final decree signed June 11, 2020, terminating
her parental rights to the children who are the subject of this suit. Appellant filed a
timely notice of appeal.

      Appellant’s appointed counsel filed a brief in which she concludes the appeal
is wholly frivolous and without merit. The brief meets the requirements of Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967), presenting a professional evaluation
of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced. See
High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 811–13 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). The Anders
procedures are applicable to an appeal from the termination of parental rights when
an appointed attorney concludes that there are no non-frivolous issues to assert on
appeal. In re D.E.S., 135 S.W.3d 326, 329 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2004,
no pet.).

         On September 22, 2020, a copy of the record and counsel’s brief were
delivered to appellant and appellant was notified of the right to file a pro se response.
See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); In re D.E.S.,
135 S.W.3d at 329–30. More than twenty-five days have elapsed and as of this date,
no pro se response has been filed.

         We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel’s brief and agree the
appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. Further, we find no reversible error in
the record. A discussion of the brief would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the
state.

         Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

                                         /s/       Jerry Zimmerer
                                                   Justice

Panel consists of Justices Christopher, Jewell, and Zimmerer.

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