Opinion
NO. 03-14-00316-CV
07-09-2014
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 98TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. D-1-FM-12-006145, HONORABLE STEPHEN YELENOSKY, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
J.B. appeals from the trial court's order terminating his parental rights to his minor child, A.B.See Tex. Fam. Code § 161.001. J.B.'s court-appointed attorney has filed a motion to withdraw and a brief concluding that the appeal is frivolous and without merit. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744 (1967); Taylor v. Texas Dep't of Protective & Regulatory Servs., 160 S.W.3d 641, 646-47 (Tex. App.—Austin 2005, pet. denied) (applying Anders procedure in appeal from termination of parental rights).
We refer to the father and his child by their initials only. See Tex. Fam. Code § 109.002(d); Tex. R. App. P. 9.8.
Counsel certified to this Court that she provided J.B. with a copy of the Anders brief and motion to withdraw as counsel and informed him of his right to examine the appellate record and to file a pro se brief. Counsel, however, incorrectly states in the letter to J.B. that his deadline to file a pro se brief, if desired, is 30 days following action by this Court on her motion to withdraw as counsel. This statement is incorrect as to J.B.'s deadline to file a pro se brief. If appellant wants to file a pro se brief, he must do so by August 11, 2014.
It is ordered on July 9, 2014. Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin