In the Interest of E.R.L. Appeal from 317th District Court of Jefferson County (memorandum opinion )

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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-15-00153-CV ____________________ IN THE INTEREST OF E.R.L. _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the 317th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. C-222,601 ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION The appellant and the Office of the Attorney General of Texas (OAG) filed a joint motion for reversal and remand of the order denying the appellant’s petition to challenge acknowledgement of paternity. The appellant and the OAG agree that, in the interest of justice, the case should be remanded to the trial court for genetic testing. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(2)(B). They further request that each party be ordered to bear its own costs. Id. The custodial parent neither filed a notice of appeal nor filed an objection to the joint motion for reversal and remand. We vacate the judgment of the trial court without regard to the merits and remand the cause to the trial court for further proceedings. 1 VACATED AND REMANDED. ________________________________ LEANNE JOHNSON Justice Submitted on November 24, 2015 Opinion Delivered November 25, 2015 Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ. 2

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