Maria Fernandez, Jose Manuel Ibarra and Robert Joseph Kunst v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-10-00022-CV

Maria Fernandez, Jose Manuel Ibarra, and Robert Joseph Kunst, Appellants v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY, 340TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. C-08-0264-CPS, HONORABLE JAY K. WEATHERBY, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellants Maria Fernandez, Jose Manuel Ibarra, and Robert Joseph Kunst filed this accelerated appeal from the district court’s final order terminating Fernandez’s parental rights to her minor children, J.A.I., M.A.I., K.L.I., B.B.F., and C.I.F.; terminating Ibarra’s parental rights to his minor children, J.A.I. and K.L.I.; and terminating Kunst’s parental rights to his minor child, B.B.F. Appellants’ court-appointed attorney filed briefs concluding that the appeals of Fernandez, Ibarra, and Kunst are frivolous and without merit. The briefs meet the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced on appeal. See also 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). Counsel has certified to this Court that she provided Fernandez, Ibarra, and Kunst a copy of the Anders brief addressing each

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appellant’s respective grounds for appeal and a notice advising appellants of their right to examine the appellate record and file pro se briefs. No pro se briefs have been filed.

We have reviewed the record and counsel’s briefs and have found nothing that would arguably support an appeal. We agree that the appeal is frivolous and without merit. Finding nothing in the record that might arguably support an appeal, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw and affirm the order of termination.

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J. Woodfin Jones, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Henson and Goodwin Affirmed Filed: July 8, 2011