San Mateo County Youth & Family Services Department v. Allan E.

This is an appeal from a dispositional order entered on March 21, 1995, in a juvenile dependency proceeding pursuant to Welfare *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 Cal.3d 436 the California Supreme Court followed the direction of the United States Supreme Court in Anders v. California, supra, 386 U.S. 738 . The…