IN RE: L.V. (2018)

Respondent appeals from orders terminating her parental rights to the minor children L.V. and A.V. On appeal, Respondent’s appellate counsel filed a no-merit brief pursuant to Rule 3.1(d) stating that, after a conscientious and thorough review of the record on appeal, he has concluded that the record contains no issue of merit on which to base an argument for relief.¹ N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(d). Respondent’s counsel complied with all requirements of Rule 3.1(d), and Respondent did not exercise her right under Rule 3.1(d) to file a pro se brief. No issues have been argued or preserved for review in accordance with our Rules of Appellate Procedure.²

DISMISSED.

FOOTNOTES

1.   In accordance with Rule 3.1(d), appellate counsel provided Respondent with copies of the no-merit brief, trial transcript, and record on appeal and advised her of her right to file a brief with this Court pro se on 11 April 2018.

2.   “Rule 3.1(d) does not grant indigent parents the right to receive an Anders-type review of the record by our Court, to consider issues not properly raised.” State v. Velasquez-Cardenas, ––– N.C. App. ––––, ––––, 815 S.E.2d 9, 10, 2018 WL 1801127, (filed 17 April 2018) (Dillon, J., concurring) (No. COA17-422).

MURPHY, Judge.

Judges DIETZ and TYSON concur.