COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND       )

PROTECTIVE SERVICES,                                  )               No.  08-04-00340-CV

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Appellant,                          )                    Appeal from the

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v.                                                                           )                 65th District Court

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JOSE CHACON,                                                  )            of El Paso County, Texas

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Appellee.                           )               (TC# 2003CM3424)

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MEMORANDUM  OPINION

Pending before the Court is Appellant=s motion to dismiss appeal and withdraw the notice of appeal.  See Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(a)(1).  Appellant gave notice of its intent to appeal a final judgment entered by the 65th Judicial District Court of El Paso County, Texas, in cause number 2003CM3424.  In its motion, Appellant states a final order had not been rendered by the trial court and therefore, its notice of appeal was prematurely filed.  The Court has considered this cause on the Appellant=s motion and concludes the motion should be granted and the appeal should be dismissed.  The appeal is hereby dismissed.

December 30, 2004                                        

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before Panel No. 2

Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.