Matter of A.L.H.

OPINION ON INTERLOCUTORY ORDER

Counsel for A.L.H. filed a brief and motion to withdraw asserting there are no meritorious issues to raise on appeal. Before we can address the merits of A.L.H.’s appeal, we must decide whether the procedures of An-ders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), apply to an appeal from an adjudication of delinquency.

The Anders process balances a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to counsel with a lawyer’s ethical duty not to bring frivolous appeals. Nichols v. State, 954 S.W.2d 83, 84-85 (Tex.App.—San Antonio 1997, no pet.). Under…