in the Interest of S.W.

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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IN THE INTEREST OF S.W.

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On Appeal from the 279th District Court

Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. F-238,664

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MEMORANDUM OPINION Mother and Father appeal from an order terminating their parental rights to their minor child, S.W. 1 The trial court found, by clear and convincing evidence, that statutory grounds exist for termination of Mother’s and Father’s parental rights and that termination of their parental rights would be in the best interest of S.W. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 161.001(b)(1) (I), (2).

Mother’s and Father’s appointed appellate counsel submitted separate briefs in which counsel contends that 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. App.—Beaumont 2005, no pet.). The briefs provide counsels’ professional evaluation of the record. Counsel served Mother and Father with a copy of the Anders brief filed on their behalf. This Court notified Mother and Father of their right to file a pro se response, as well as the deadline for doing so. This Court did not receive a pro se response from either parent.

We have independently reviewed the appellate record and counsels’ briefs, 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 Mother’s and Father’s parental rights.

AFFIRMED.

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W. SCOTT GOLEMON

Chief Justice Submitted on September 8, 2021 Opinion Delivered September 23, 2021 Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.