Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2020-03-12 14:17:19.15236+00
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In The

                                Court of Appeals

                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                               NO. 09-19-00443-CV
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               IN THE INTEREST OF J.Y.J. AND J.C.J.
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               On Appeal from the County Court at Law
                       Orange County, Texas
                     Trial Cause No. C181023-D
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      J.D.J. appeals from an order terminating his parental rights to his minor

children, J.Y.J. and J.C.J. The trial court found, by clear and convincing evidence,

that statutory grounds exist for termination of J.D.J.’s parental rights and that

termination of his parental rights would be in the best interest of the children. See

Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 161.001(b)(1)(D), (E), (N), (O), (2).

      J.D.J.’s court-appointed appellate counsel submitted a brief in which counsel

contends there are no arguable grounds to be advanced on appeal. See Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); In the Interest of L.D.T., 161 S.W.3d 728, 731 (Tex.

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App.—Beaumont 2005, no pet.). The brief provides counsel’s professional

evaluation of the record. Counsel served J.D.J. with a copy of the Anders brief filed

on his behalf. This Court notified J.D.J. of his right to file a pro se response, as well

as the deadline for doing so. This Court did not receive a pro se response.

      We have independently reviewed the appellate record and counsel’s brief, and

we agree that any appeal would be frivolous. We find no arguable error requiring us

to order appointment of new counsel to re-brief this appeal. Cf. Stafford v. State, 813
S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court’s order

terminating J.D.J.’s parental rights.

      AFFIRMED.

                                               ______________________________
                                                      STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                          Chief Justice

Submitted on February 27, 2020
Opinion Delivered March 12, 2020

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.

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