in the Interest of S.S.

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-19-00231-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF S.S.
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On Appeal from the 1st District Court
Jasper County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 37302
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
K.S. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her minor child,
S.S. The trial court found, by clear and convincing evidence, that statutory grounds
exist for termination of K.S.’s parental rights and that termination of K.S.’s parental
rights would be in the best interest of the child. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §
161.001(b)(1)(D), (E), (N), (O), (2).
K.S.’s court-appointed appellate counsel submitted a brief in which counsel
contends 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.
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App.—Beaumont 2005, no pet.). The brief provides counsel’s professional
evaluation of the record. Counsel served K.S. with a copy of the Anders brief filed
on her behalf. This Court notified K.S. of her right to file a pro se response, as well
as the deadline for doing so. This Court did not receive a pro se response.
We have independently reviewed the appellate record and counsel’s brief, 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 K.S.’s parental rights.
AFFIRMED.
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STEVE McKEITHEN
Chief Justice
Submitted on October 22, 2019
Opinion Delivered November 7, 2019
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
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