NO. 07-08-0522-CV

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

AT AMARILLO

PANEL A

JANUARY 29, 2009

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IN THE INTEREST OF M.T.C., A CHILD

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FROM THE 99TH DISTRICT COURT OF LUBBOCK COUNTY;

NO. 2006-536,340; HONORABLE WILLIAM C. SOWDER, JUDGE

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Before CAMPBELL and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

          Pending before this Court is M.C.’s Motion to Withdraw Appeal in which he represents that he no longer wishes to pursue an appeal from the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights to his child, M.T.C. Without passing on the merits of the case, the motion is granted and the appeal is hereby dismissed. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(1). Having dismissed the appeal at M.C.’s request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained and our mandate will issue forthwith.

                                                                           Patrick A. Pirtle

                                                                                 Justice