In Interest of A.K.W.

Full title: IN THE INTEREST OF A.K.W. AND D.D.H

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, Fort Worth

Date published: Feb 26, 2004

No. 02-03-129-CV (Tex. App. Feb. 26, 2004)

Opinion

No. 02-03-129-CV.

Delivered: February 26, 2004.

Appeal from the 367th District Court of Denton County.

Joseph F. Zellmer, Denton, TX, for Appellant(s).

Kathleen Walsh, Asst. Dist. Atty., Denton, TX, for Appellee(s).

Panel A: CAYCE, C.J.; GARDNER and McCOY, JJ.

MEMORANDUM OPINION ¹

1 See Tex.R.App.P. 47.4.

BOB McCOY, Justice.

Appellant Susan H. appeals the trial court's judgment terminating her parental rights to her children, A.K.W. and D.D.H. We affirm. Appellant's court-appointed counsel filed a motion to withdraw and an Anders ² brief in support stating that after a thorough review of the record, he believes any appeal in this cause would be frivolous. The brief filed meets the requirements of Anders by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds of error to be advanced. See In re K.M., No. 02-01-00349-CV, 2003 WL 2006583, at *2 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth May 1, 2003, no pet.) (mem. op) (citing Anders, 386 U.S. at 747, 87 S.Ct. at 1401). Appellant's counsel delivered a copy of the motion and supporting brief to appellant advising her of her right to contest the motion, review the record, and file a pro se brief with this court. The time for filing such a brief has expired, and we have not received a pro se brief. As the reviewing court, we are required to undertake an independent evaluation of the record for reversible error,³ and after having done so, we have found none.⁴ We affirm the trial court's judgment and grant counsel's motion to withdraw.

2 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396 (1967).

3 See In re K.M., No. 02-01-00349-CV, 2003 WL 2006583, at *2 (citing Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991)).

4 See In re K.S.M., 61 S.W.3d 632, 634 (Tex. App.-Tyler 2001, no pet.)