in the Interest of L.D.R.

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________

NO. 09-21-00210-CV __________________

IN THE INTEREST OF L.D.R. __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the County Court at Law

Orange County, Texas

Trial Cause No. C190096-D __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION

C.B. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her minor child, L.D.R.1 The trial court found, by clear and convincing evidence, that statutory grounds exist for termination of C.B.’s parental rights and that termination of her parental rights would be in the best interest of L.D.R. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 161.001(b)(1) (D), (O), (2).

C.B.’s appointed appellate counsel submitted a brief 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 brief provides counsel’s professional evaluation of the record. Counsel served C.B. with a copy of the Anders brief filed on her behalf. This Court notified C.B. of her right to file a pro se response, as well as the deadline for doing so. C.B. filed a pro se response. We have independently reviewed the appellate record, counsel’s brief, and C.B.’s pro se response, 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).

Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s order terminating C.B.’s parental rights. We deny the motion to withdraw filed by C.B.’s court-appointed counsel, because an attorney’s duty extends through the exhaustion or waiver of all appeals. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 107.016(3)(B); In the Interest of P.M., 520 S.W.3d 24, 27 (Tex. 2016). In the event C.B. decides to pursue an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, counsel’s obligations to C.B. can be met “by filing a petition for review that satisfies the standards for an Anders brief.” See In the Interest of P.M., 520 S.W.3d at 27-28.

AFFIRMED.

_________________________ W. SCOTT GOLEMON Chief Justice Submitted on November 23, 2021

Opinion Delivered December 9, 2021

Before Golemon, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.