In Re Benjamin E.

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 73 OPINION This is an appeal from a dispositional order entered on March 21, 1995, in a juvenile dependency proceeding pursuant to Welfare *Page 74 and Institutions Code section 395. 1 Counsel appointed for appellant filed a brief which summarized the procedural and factual background of the proceedings. The facts are not in dispute. Counsel advises us that appellant's opening brief is presented pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 [ 158 Cal.Rptr. 839 , 600 P.2d 1071 ] ( Wende ), In re Brian B. (1983) 141 Cal.App.3d 397 [ 190 Cal.Rptr. 153 ], and In re Joyleaf W. (1984) 150 Cal.App.3d 865 [ 198 Cal.Rptr. 114 ]. By invoking our review pursuant to Wende , counsel advises us that no substantive issues warranting reversal on appeal could be identified. 2 We decline to undertake a Wende review and hold that appealable dependency dispositional orders do not warrant the constitutionally protected procedures of Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 [ 18 L.Ed.2d 493 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 ] as applied pursuant to Wende. In Wende, supra, 25…