NUMBER 13-16-00486-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
JOHN H. HANDS, Appellant,
v.
ROSA M. HANDS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 357th District Court
of Cameron County, Texas.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Garza, Perkes, and Longoria
Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam
Appellant, John H. Hands, perfected an appeal from a final decree of divorce
entered by the 357th District Court of Cameron County, Texas, in cause number 2014-
DCL-1380-E. Appellant has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds that the trial
court has granted appellant’s motion for new trial. 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
29th day of September, 2016.
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