NUMBER 13-12-00743-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ EASTON WAYNE SANTOS, Appellant, v. JOLENE G. REYNA, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF JENNY LYNNN GONZALEZ, A MINOR; AND FLORA REYNA AS NEXT FRIEND OF ADRIANA REYNA, Appellees. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 of Nueces County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Longoria Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the County Court at Law No. 1 of Nueces County, Texas, in trial cause number 2012-CCV-60968-1.

Appellant has filed a verified motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds that the parties have reached an agreement to settle and compromise their differences. Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the appeal.

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 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 January, 2013.