in the Interest of D.R.D. and D.A.D.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 23, 2021
• Docket: 09-21-00152-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-21-00152-CV __________________

IN THE INTEREST OF D.R.D. AND D.A.D.

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On Appeal from the 317th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. C-226,441-B __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Donald Darden, appellant, filed a notice of appeal with the trial court on May

27, 2021. On July 9, 2021, we warned appellant that the appeal would be dismissed

without further notice unless he paid the filing fee for the appeal. Despite written

notice from this Court and an opportunity to cure, to date, appellant has neither

asserted that he is unable to afford payment of costs for the appeal nor paid the filing

fee for the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 20.1. In addition, no clerk’s record has

been filed, and the clerk responsible for preparing the record in this appeal informed

the Court that appellant failed to arrange to pay for the record. See Tex. R. App. P.

1 37.3(b). On July 27, 2021, we notified the parties that it appeared appellant had not

established indigent status for the appeal and warned that the appeal would be

dismissed for want of prosecution unless by August 26, 2021, appellant established

that he had arranged to pay the fees he is required to pay or that he needed additional

time to do so. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b). The Court received no response

to the notice. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). We dismiss the appeal for want of

prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b), 42.3, 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on September 22, 2021 Opinion Delivered September 23, 2021

Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.