In Re Phoenix H.

No appearance for Minors.

McCONNELL, P.J.

M.H. appeals a juvenile court judgment terminating her parental rights over her sons, Phoenix H. and Dakota H., and choosing adoption as the permanent plan. (Welf. & InstCode, § 366.26.) M.H. presents no issue on appeal, and citing In re Sade C. (1996) 13 Cal.4th 952 , 55 Cal. Rptr.2d 771 , 920 P.2d 716 ( Sade C), asks that we exercise our discretion to independently review the record for error. In Sade C, the California Supreme Court held review pursuant to Anders v. People (1967) 386 U.S. 738 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 , 18 L.Ed.2d 493 ( Anders ) and People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 , 158 Cal.Rptr. 839 , 600 P.2d 1071 ( Wende ), is unavailable in "an indigent parent's appeal from a judgment or order, obtained by the state, adversely affecting his [or her] custody of a child or his [or her] status as the child's parent." ( Sade C, supra, 13 Cal.4th at p. 959, 55 Cal.Rptr.2d 771 , 920 P.2d 716 .) Accordingly, we decline to review the record independently for error.

M.H.'s counsel also requests leave for her to file a supplemental brief in propria persona. We asked the parties for additional briefing on this issue in light of In re…