                                    NUMBER 13-10-00257-CV

                                    COURT OF APPEALS

                       THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                           CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
____________________________________________________________

     IN THE INTEREST OF M.W., ET AL., MINOR CHILDREN
____________________________________________________________

          On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
____________________________________________________________

                                MEMORANDUM OPINION
                    Before Justices Yañez, Rodriguez, and Garza
                         Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

        Appellant, J.W.M.1, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the County

Court at Law No. 5, in cause number 08-61894-5. This cause is presently before the

Court on an amended motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds he no longer wishes to

pursue the matter. Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the appeal.



1
  In appeals from cases involving the termination of parental rights, the rules of appellate procedure require
the use of an alias to refer to a minor, Aand if necessary to protect the minor=s identity, to the minor=s parent
or other family member. Tex. R. App. P. 9.8.
       The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant=s amended

motion to dismiss the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a). Appellant=s amended motion to dismiss the appeal is granted,

and the appeal is hereby DISMISSED. 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
27th day of May, 2010.




                                            2
