in the Interest of E. T. R., a Minor Child

Opinion

NUMBER 13-10-00004-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ______________________________________________________________

IN THE INTEREST OF E. T. R., A MINOR CHILD ____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the 319th District Court of Nueces County, Texas. ______________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Benavides Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, M.R.1, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 319th District

Court of Nueces County, Texas, in cause number 99-5787-G. Appellant has filed a motion

to withdraw the appeal on grounds that the appellant no longer wishes to pursue the

appeal. Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the appeal.

1 In appeals from cases involving the term ination of parental rights, the rules of appellate procedure require the use of an alias to refer to a m inor, “and if necessary to protect the m inor’s identity, to the m inor’s parent or other fam ily m em ber. Tex. R. App. P. 9.8. The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant’s motion to

withdraw the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See TEX . R. APP.

P. 42.1(a). Appellant’s motion to withdraw the appeal is granted, and the appeal is hereby

DISMISSED. Costs will be taxed against appellant. See TEX . R. APP. P. 42.1(d) ("Absent

agreement of the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant."). Having dismissed

the appeal at appellant’s request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our

mandate will issue forthwith.

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the 11th day of February, 2010.