Conservatorship of Margaret L.

I concur in the decision to affirm the trial court's judgment in this case. However, I respectfully dissent from the majority's conclusion an appellate court must conduct an independent review of the record in an appeal from a conservatorship proceeding under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Welf. Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.; all further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code) if appointed counsel files a brief failing to raise any issues.

Under Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 [87 S.Ct. 1396] andPeople v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, where an attorney appointed to…