Cite as 2014 Ark. App. 115 ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION II No. CV-13-907 DANIEL WHITE APPELLANT V. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and MINOR CHILD APPELLEES RHONDA K. WOOD, Judge This is a no-merit appeal from an order terminating Daniel White’s parental rights to his child, B.B. White’s appellate counsel has filed a brief and motion to withdraw under Linker-Flores v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, 359 Ark. 131, 194 S.W.3d 739 (2004), and Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 6-9(i) (2013). White was given an opportunity to file pro se points but has declined to do so. We affirm and grant counsel’s motion because there is no meritorious basis for an appeal. B.B. entered the Department of Human Services’s custody in July 2012. White was in and out of prison while B.B. was in foster care and was incarcerated at the time of the termination hearing in June 2013. At the hearing, the court ruled that the Department proved two statutory grounds and that Consequently, it terminated White’s parental rights to B.B. Opinion Delivered February 12, 2014 APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, EIGHTH DIVISION [NO. JV-2012-2096] HONORABLE WILEY A. BRANTON, JR., JUDGE AFFIRMED; MOTION TO WITHDRAW GRANTED termination was in B.B.’s best interest.
Cite as 2014 Ark. App. 115 Counsel has complied with our requirements for no-merit termination cases. The brief addresses the only adverse ruling—the termination ruling itself—and explains why there is no basis to appeal that decision. After examining the record, we agree that an appeal would be meritless. We therefore affirm by memorandum opinion, In re Memorandum Opinions, 16 Ark. App. 301, 700 S.W.2d 63 (1985), and grant the motion to withdraw. Affirmed; motion to withdraw granted. G LADWIN, C.J., and BROWN, J., agree. Deborah R. Sallings, Arkansas Public Defender Commission, for appellant. No response. 2
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