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        "text": "Per Curiam.\nAppellant Mary Linker-Flores\u2019s counsel, Anne Orsi Smith, moves this court to be relieved as counsel in the appeal of Appellant\u2019s termination of parental rights. Smith bases her motion on the assertions that she can find no meritorious grounds for appeal and that she would incur substantial costs and expend great time, without the expectation of a flail recovery, in the pursuit of an appeal.\nIn 1989, the Arkansas General Assembly adopted the view that counsel shall be provided for indigent parents in termination cases \u201cat all stages of the proceedings.\u201d 1989 Ark. Acts 273, \u00a7 15, now codified at Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 9-27-316(h)(1) (Supp. 2003); see also Brown v. Arkansas Dep\u2019t of Human Servs., 330 Ark. 497, 954 S.W.2d 270 (1997). Because Appellant is entitled to representation on appeal, we deny Smith\u2019s motion to be relieved. Further, we order the parties to this matter to brief the issue of whether counsel representing a parent in a termination proceeding should be required to file a no-merit brief, comparable to that required under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), where there appears to be no meritorious grounds for appeal. This motion will be treated as a case and an appropriate briefing schedule will be established by the clerk of this court.",
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      "No response."
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    "head_matter": "Mary LINKER-FLORES and Anastacio Flores v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT of HUMAN SERVICES\nCA 03-1099\n149 S.W.3d 884\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered March 4, 2004\nAnne Orsi Smith, for appellant.\nNo response."
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