Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-28 00:05:22.410154+00
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D ORIGINAL                                  12/27/2023

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

                                        DA 23-0338
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                                                                     DEC 2 7 2023
                                                                   Bowel, Greenwood
                                                                 Clerk of Supreme Court
 IN THE MA II ER OF:                                                State of Montana

 J.W., M.W., & L.W.,                                                ORDER

              Youths in Need of Care.

       Counsel for the appellant father of J.W., M.W., and L.W. 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, but no response was filed.
       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.
       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 personally.
       DATED this 751-Liillay of December, 2023.

                                                               Chief Justice
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