Court Opinion

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Opinion issued May 18, 2023

                                     In The

                              Court of Appeals
                                    For The

                         First District of Texas
                           ————————————
                             NO. 01-22-00470-CV
                           ———————————
 WILLIAM RUSSELL MARTIN AND SARA RAZAVI ZAND, Appellants
                                       V.
                  REBECCA JEAN WESTFALL, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 280th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Case No. 2021-77447

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellants, William Russell Martin and Sara Razavi Zand, filed a notice of

appeal from the trial court’s April 8, 2022 “Final Order Denying Protective Order

and Granting [Appellee] Rebecca Jean Westfall’s Motion for Sanctions Against

[Appellants] William Russel Martin and Attorney Sara Razavi Zand,” and the trial

court’s June 13, 2022 “Order Denying [Appellants] William Russell Westfall and
Sara [Razavi Zand’s] Motion to Vacate Sanctions Order and Motion for New Trial.”

On May 5, 2023, the parties, representing that they had “since agreed to settle their

dispute,” filed an “Agreed Motion to Vacate Judgment and Motion to Dismiss.”

      In their motion, the parties stated that they had reached an agreement in which

appellee “agree[d] to the vacation of the sanctions order,” and therefore “jointly

ask[ed] the Court to: (1) render a judgment effectuating the parties’ agreement; and

(2) vacate the sanctions order at issue without regard to the merits and dimiss the

case with prejudice.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(2)(A), (B). The parties’ motion

further stated that the parties agreed “that all costs of this appeal shall be borne by

the party incurring the same.”

      No other party has filed a notice of appeal, and opinion has issued. See TEX.

R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(2), (c).

      Accordingly, we grant the parties’ motion, dismiss the appeal, and set aside

the trial court’s judgment without regard to the merits and remand the case to the

trial court for rendition of judgment in accordance with the parties’ agreement. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(2)(B), 43.2(e). We direct the Clerk of this Court that costs

are to be taxed against the party incurring the same. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1. We

dismiss all other pending motions as moot.

                                   PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Guerra and Farris.

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