in the Interest of T.D. and C.R., Children

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION

No. 04-22-00018-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF T.D. and C.R., Children

From the 408th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2020PA01440 Honorable Elma T. Salinas Ender, Judge Presiding

Opinion by: Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice

Sitting: Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice Irene Rios, Justice Beth Watkins, Justice

Delivered and Filed: April 13, 2022

AFFIRMED; MOTION TO WITHDRAW DENIED

Appellant T.S. (“Mother”) appeals from the trial court’s order terminating her parental

rights to her child C.R. and appointing Mother possessory conservator of her child T.D. Mother’s

court-appointed appellate counsel filed a motion to withdraw and a brief containing a professional

evaluation of the record, concluding there are no arguable grounds for reversal of the order. The

brief satisfies the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). See In re P.M., 520

S.W.3d 24, 27 n.10 (Tex. 2016) (per curiam) (recognizing that Anders procedures apply in parental

termination cases). Additionally, counsel represents that he provided Mother with a copy of the

brief and the motion to withdraw, advised Mother of her right to review the record and file her

own brief, and informed Mother how to obtain a copy of the record, providing her with a form 04-22-00018-CV

motion for access to the appellate record. We issued an order setting a deadline for Mother to file

a pro se brief. However, Mother did not request the appellate record or file a pro se brief.

After reviewing the appellate record and appointed counsel’s brief, we conclude no

plausible grounds exist for reversal of the termination order. Accordingly, we affirm the trial

court’s termination order. We deny counsel’s motion to withdraw because it does not show good

cause for withdrawal. See id. at 27 & n.7 (holding that counsel’s obligations in a parental

termination case extend through exhaustion or waiver of all appeals and that withdrawal should be

permitted by a court of appeals “only for good cause” (citing TEX. R. CIV. P. 10)).

Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice

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