NUMBER 13-08-142-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ______________________________________________________________ OSCAR BELTRAN, JR., Appellant, v. CELITA SUZANNA CARPENTIER, Appellee. _____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 28th District Court of Nueces County, Texas. ______________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Benavides Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Oscar Beltran, Jr., and appellee, Celita Suzanna Carpentier, have filed a “Joint Motion for Nonsuit of Appeal with Prejudice.” According to the motion, the parties have reached an agreement to settle and compromise their differences. Appellants request that this Court dismiss the appeal.

The Court, having considered the documents on file and the joint motion to dismiss the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See TEX . R. APP . P. 42.1(a). The joint motion to dismiss 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.").

PER CURIAM Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this the 10th day of July, 2008.