Court of Appeals of Texas, 2016

in the Interest of L.A.R., a Child

Court of Appeals of Texas · Decided August 9, 2016 · No. 07-16-00133-CV

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo ________________________ No. 07-16-00133-CV ________________________ IN THE INTEREST OF L.A.R., A CHILD On Appeal from the 99th District Court Lubbock County, Texas

Trial Court No. 2015-790,967; Honorable William C. Sowder, Presiding

August 9, 2016

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ.

Appellants, A.A. and S.A., sought to terminate the parental rights of L.A.R.’s parents and to adopt L.A.R.1 The trial court entered an order dismissing their petition for lack of standing to file suit. While this appeal was pending, A.A. and S.A. filed their Motion to Dismiss Appeal. By their motion, A.A. and S.A. represent they no longer wish to prosecute the appeal and request that costs be taxed against them.

Without passing on the merits of the appeal, we grant the motion, tax costs against A.A. and S.A., and dismiss the appeal.2 TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(1). Having dismissed the appeal at their request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained and our mandate will issue forthwith.

Per Curiam

1 To protect the privacy of the parties involved, we refer to them by their initials. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 109.002(d) (West 2014). 2 Given the voluntary nature of the motion to dismiss, we apply Rule 2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure to suspend the operation of Rule 10.3(a) providing that a motion other than those listed in Rule 10.3(a)(1), (2), and (3) should not be ruled on until ten days after being filed.

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