Opinion
No. COA18-282
07-03-2018
In the MATTER OF: L.V., A.V.
W. Michael Spivey, Rocky Mount, for respondent-appellant mother. Holcomb & Stephenson, LLP, by Deana K. Fleming, for petitioner-appellee Chatham County Department of Social Services. Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, by Jessica L. Gorczynski, for guardian ad litem.
W. Michael Spivey, Rocky Mount, for respondent-appellant mother.
Holcomb & Stephenson, LLP, by Deana K. Fleming, for petitioner-appellee Chatham County Department of Social Services.
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, by Jessica L. Gorczynski, for guardian ad litem.
MURPHY, Judge.
Respondent appeals from orders terminating her parental rights to the minor children L.V. and A.V. On appeal, Respondent’s appellate counsel filed a no-merit brief pursuant to Rule 3.1(d) stating that, after a conscientious and thorough review of the record on appeal, he has concluded that the record contains no issue of merit on which to base an argument for relief. N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(d). Respondent’s counsel complied with all requirements of Rule 3.1(d), and Respondent did not exercise her right under Rule 3.1(d) to file a pro se brief. No issues have been argued or preserved for review in accordance with our Rules of Appellate Procedure.
In accordance with Rule 3.1(d), appellate counsel provided Respondent with copies of the no-merit brief, trial transcript, and record on appeal and advised her of her right to file a brief with this Court pro se on 11 April 2018.
"Rule 3.1(d) does not grant indigent parents the right to receive an Anders -type review of the record by our Court, to consider issues not properly raised." State v. Velasquez-Cardenas , ––– N.C. App. ––––, ––––, 815 S.E.2d 9, 10, 2018 WL 1801127, (filed 17 April 2018) (Dillon, J., concurring) (No. COA17-422).
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DISMISSED.
Judges DIETZ and TYSON concur.