Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-24 00:05:56.598492+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:10.524370
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D ORIGINAL                                          01/23/2024

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

                                        DA 23-0343

IN THE MATTER 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 father 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 father responded to counsel's 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 father
in his response. We conclude there are no arguments with potential legal merit that could
be raised in the father'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 father        ally
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       DATED this CO day ofJanuary, 2024.

                                                               Chief Justice
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