                                     NUMBER 13-10-00004-CV

                                    COURT OF APPEALS

                       THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                          CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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          IN THE INTEREST OF E. T. R., A MINOR CHILD
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             On appeal from the 319th District Court
                    of Nueces County, Texas.
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                                 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.




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