Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-09-04 09:09:24.817881+00
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In the
        Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
         at Fort Worth
     ___________________________
          No. 02-22-00301-CV
     ___________________________

 BRIAN MATTHEW CRABBE, Appellant

                     V.

BRITTNY MICHELLE SANDERS, Appellee

  On Appeal from the County Court at Law
          Hood County, Texas
         Trial Court No. C08061

   Before Kerr, Birdwell, and Wallach, JJ.
   Memorandum Opinion by Justice Kerr
                 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT

       We have considered Appellant’s “Unopposed Motion to Set Aside the Trial

Court’s Judgment, Remand the Case to the Trial Court for Rendition of Judgment,

and Dismiss the Appeal.” In this unopposed motion, Appellant represents that the

parties have reached an agreement to settle the case. As part of that agreement, 1

Appellant asks us to set aside the trial court’s judgment without regard to the merits,

to remand the case to the trial court for rendition of judgment in accordance with the

parties’ settlement agreement, and to dismiss the appeal. Based on Appellant’s

unopposed representation of the parties’ settlement agreement, we grant the motion

as to Appellant’s request that we set aside the trial court’s judgment and remand the

case to the trial court. See Robertson v. Robertson, No. 02-21-00387-CV,

2022 WL 1183339, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Apr. 21, 2022, no pet.) (per curiam)

(mem. op.); see also Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(2)(B). We deny the rest of the motion. See

Lone Tree Res. & Consulting, Inc. v. Persepolis, Inc., No. 02-21-00246-CV,

2021 WL 6143641, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 30, 2021, no pet.) (per curiam)

(mem. op.) (“Because we cannot both set aside the trial court’s judgment and dismiss

the appeal, we deny the motion as to the parties’ request that we dismiss the appeal.”);

see also Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(d), (f).

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        Neither party has filed a copy of the parties’ settlement agreement with this
court. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(2).

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       Accordingly, we set aside the trial court’s September 2, 2022 Amended Final

Judgment without regard to the merits and remand this case to the trial court to

render judgment in accordance with the parties’ agreement. See Tex. R. App. P.

42.1(a)(2)(B). Each party must bear its own appellate costs. See Tex. R. App. P.

42.1(d), 43.4.

                                                  /s/ Elizabeth Kerr
                                                  Elizabeth Kerr
                                                  Justice

Delivered: August 31, 2023

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