Matter of A.R., YINC ( 2023 )

03/07/2023
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 22-0344
DA 22-0344 FILED
MAR 0 7 2r..,23
Bowen Greenwc
Glen,: of Supreme Court
State of Montana
IN THE MA II ER OF:
A.R., ORDER
A Youth in Need of Care.
Counsel for the appellant father of A.R. filed a motion and brief asking to be allowed
to withdraw from this appeal on grounds that counsel has been unable to find any
nonfrivolous issues to raise on appeal, pursuant to § 46-8-103(2), MCA, and Anders v.
Califbrnia, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967). The father was granted time to file a
response. Although the father did not file a response with this Court, the Office of the
Attomey General has forwarded to this Court an unsigned, unserved document that it
received that purports to be from the father. The State's Notice of Filing, along with the
document it received, has been filed by the Clerk.
The Court has now independently examined the record pursuant to § 46-8-103(2),
MCA, and Anders. We conclude there are no arguments with potential legal merit that
could be raised in the father's appeal in this case.
Therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that this appeal is DISMISSED.
The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record and to
the appellant father personally.
DATED this /- day of March, 2023.
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