EL v. State, Dep’t of Family Servs.
Annotate this CaseFollowing Appellant’s default and after a default hearing, the district court terminated Appellant’s parental rights to three minor children. Appellant appealed. Appointed counsel filed a motion to withdraw as counsel and an Anders brief, arguing that he could “find no basis whatsoever to advance an argument of any merit.” The Court granted the motion. The Court then notified Appellant that the district court’s order terminating parental rights would be affirmed unless Appellant filed a brief persuading the Court that the appeal was not wholly frivolous. After Appellant filed his “brief letter,” the Supreme Court ordered that the district court’s order terminating parental rights be affirmed, as the letter presented no cogent legal argument.
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