NUMBER 13-08-00252-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

DEBRA CHRIS MONTGOMERY KROUPA WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. ROBERT WARD WILLIAMS, LAURIE HOETZEL, AND CURT BAGGETT, Appellees.

On Appeal from the 255th District Court of Dallas County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Yañez, Benavides, and Vela Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Debra Chris Montgomery Kroupa Williams, and appellees, Robert Ward Williams, Laurie Hoetzel, and Curt Baggett, have filed a joint motion for voluntary dismissal of this appeal.1 The Court, having considered the documents on file and the joint motion for voluntary dismissal, 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 are taxed against appellant. See id. 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 29th day of May, 2008.

This appeal was transferred to this C ourt from the Fifth Court of Appeals by order of the Texas Suprem e Court. See T EX . G O V 'T C OD E A N N . § 22.220 (Vernon 2004) (delineating the jurisdiction of appellate courts); T EX . G O V 'T C OD E A N N . § 73.001 (Vernon 2005) (granting the suprem e court the authority to transfer cases from one court of appeals to another at any tim e that there is “good cause” for the transfer).