In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
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No. 07-16-00133-CV
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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.
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).
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
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.
2