In Re Sara H.

OPINION Appellant's parental rights to her daughter Sara H. were terminated by the juvenile court after a hearing held pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 Her trial counsel filed a timely notice of appeal on her behalf. An appellate attorney was appointed to represent *Page 200 appellant on appeal. This attorney reviewed the entire record and filed an opening brief which states the facts and various standards of review but does not specify any errors or make any arguments as to any appellate issues. Instead, this appellate attorney has filed a brief "pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 [ 158 Cal.Rptr. 839 , 600 P.2d 1071 ]" which "requests this court to independently review the entire record on appeal in this case to determine whether any arguable appellate issues exist." The attorney acknowledges that the California Supreme Court has held in In re Sade C. (1996) 13 Cal.4th 952 [ 55 Cal.Rptr.2d 771 , 920 P.2d 716 ] (hereafter Sade ) that, as she puts it, "Wende review is not required in dependency cases." However, she claims that Sade "did not hold that Wende review is never appropriate in dependency cases" but "merely" that "the court of appeal…