Court Opinion

ID: 4665841
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Date Created: 2021-03-09 10:15:25.09779+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:11:08.250501
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-20-00586-CV

                                        R. S., Appellant

                                                v.

               Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

                 FROM THE 146TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY
         NO. 307,794-B, THE HONORABLE ALAN MAYFIELD, JUDGE PRESIDING

                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

               After the trial court issued an order terminating her parental rights, R.S. filed a

notice of appeal and a motion for new trial. See Tex. Fam. Code § 161.001. The record reflects

that the trial court granted the motion for new trial on February 11, 2021. Because “[g]ranting a

new trial restores the case to its position before the former trial,” this appeal was rendered moot

by the trial court’s order. See Tex. R. App. P. 21.9(b); Saunders v. Saunders, No. 03-14-00807-

CV, 2015 WL 2183529, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin May 8, 2015, no pet.) (mem. op.).

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).

                                             __________________________________________
                                             Thomas J. Baker, Justice
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Baker and Smith

Dismissed

Filed: March 4, 2021

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