Cite as 2011 Ark. App. 370 ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION IV No. CA10-1327 Opinion Delivered May 18, 2011 FINUS SLOAN and ANTONIO APPEAL FROM THE CRAIGHEAD GORDON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, APPELLANTS WESTERN DISTRICT [NO. JV-2009-0009] V. HONORABLE CINDY THYER, JUDGE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AFFIRMED; MOTION TO APPELLEE WITHDRAW GRANTED RITA W. GRUBER, Judge The circuit court terminated appellant Finus Sloan’s parental rights in A.S., age seven. 1 Sloan’s counsel has filed a motion to withdraw and a no-merit brief, pursuant to Linker-Flores v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, 359 Ark. 131, 194 S.W.3d 739 (2004), and Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 6-9(i) (2010), setting forth all adverse rulings from the termination hearing and asserting that there is no meritorious basis for an appeal. The clerk of our court mailed a certified copy of counsel’s motion and brief to Sloan’s last known address, informing him of his right to file pro se points for reversal. He has filed no points. 1 The court also terminated the parental rights of separate appellant, Antonio Gordon, in A.S.’s half-brother, K.S. After the record was filed on appeal, Gordon obtained DNA-test results showing that he was not the father of K.S. He filed a motion to dismiss his appeal, which we granted on March 30, 2011.
Cite as 2011 Ark. App. 370 After carefully examining the record and counsel’s brief, we conclude that counsel has complied with the requirements established by the Arkansas Supreme Court for no-merit termination cases and that the appeal is wholly without merit. We therefore affirm, by memorandum opinion, the termination of Sloan’s parental rights in A.S. See In re Memorandum Opinions, 16 Ark. App. 301, 700 S.W.2d 63 (1985); Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 5-2(e) (2010). Counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted. Affirmed; motion to withdraw granted. GLOVER and HOOFMAN, JJ., agree. 2
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