                                NUMBER 13-12-00269-CV

                                    COURT OF APPEALS

                       THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                           CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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             IN THE INTEREST OF L. A. W., A CHILD
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             On appeal from the 329th District Court
                   of Wharton County, Texas.
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                                MEMORANDUM OPINION
                    Before Justices Benavides, Vela, and Perkes
                         Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

        Appellant, M.W.1, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 329th

District Court of Wharton County, Texas, in cause number 45,492. Appellant has filed a

motion to dismiss 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 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 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 motion to dismiss 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
31st day of May, 2012.




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