The opinion
Cite as 2015 Ark. App. 674
ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
DIVISION III
No. CV-15-628
Opinion Delivered November 18, 2015
TERESA HARDY APPEAL FROM THE YELL COUNTY
APPELLANT CIRCUIT COURT,
NORTHERN DISTRICT
V. [NO. JV-14-1]
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HONORABLE TERRY SULLIVAN,
HUMAN SERVICES and MINOR JUDGE
CHILDREN
APPELLEES
AFFIRMED; MOTION TO
WITHDRAW GRANTED
WAYMOND M. BROWN, Judge
The Yell County Circuit Court terminated the parental rights of appellant Teresa
Hardy to her two children, D.W. and J.C.1 Hardy’s counsel has filed a motion to withdraw
and a no-merit brief, pursuant to Linker-Flores v. Arkansas Department of Human Services,2 and
Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 6-9(i),3 contending that there are no meritorious grounds to
support an appeal. The clerk of our court mailed a certified copy of counsel’s motion and
brief to appellant, informing her of her right to file pro se points for reversal. Appellant has
not filed any pro se points.
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The court also accepted the legal fathers’ consents to termination of parental rights.
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359 Ark. 131, 194 S.W.3d 739 (2004).
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(2015).
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Having carefully examined the record and the no-merit brief, we conclude that counsel
has complied with the requirements established by the Arkansas Supreme Court for no-merit
appeals in termination cases and that the appeal is wholly without merit. Accordingly, we
affirm the termination of appellant’s parental rights by memorandum opinion.4 We also grant
counsel’s motion to withdraw.
Affirmed; motion to withdraw granted.
GRUBER and VAUGHT, JJ., agree.
Leah Lanford, Arkansas Public Defender Commission, for appellant.
No response.
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See In re Memorandum Opinions, 16 Ark. App. 301, 700 S.W.2d 63 (1985).
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