in the Interest of B. H. A., a Child

NUMBER 13-12-00687-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ IN THE INTEREST OF B. H. A., A CHILD ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 117th District Court of Nueces County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Longoria Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Heather Lynn Applewhite, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 117th District Court of Nueces County, Texas, in cause number 03-6340-B. This appeal was abated by this Court on December 10, 2012, and the parties were ordered to mediation. This cause is now before the Court on appellant=s motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds that appellant no longer wishes to pursue this appeal. Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the appeal. Accordingly, this case is hereby REINSTATED. 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 28th day of February, 2013. 2