in the Interest of E.O., a Child

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-16-00299-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF E.O., A CHILD

From the 85th District Court Brazos County, Texas Trial Court No. 15-001044-CV-85

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Luis Gallegos appealed the trial court’s order terminating Gallegos’s parental

rights to E.O., a child. Gallegos has now filed a motion to dismiss his appeal.

Accordingly, the motion is granted, and this appeal is dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P.

42.1(a).

Absent a specific exemption, the Clerk of the Court must collect filing fees at the

time a document is presented for filing. TEX. R. APP. P. 12.1(b); Appendix to TEX. R. APP.

P., Order Regarding Fees (Amended Aug. 28, 2007, eff. Sept. 1, 2007). See also TEX. R. APP.

P. 5; 10TH TEX. APP. (Waco) LOC. R. 5; TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. §§ 51.207(b); 51.208; §

51.941(a) (West 2013). Under these circumstances, we suspend the rule and order the Clerk to write off all unpaid filing fees in this case. TEX. R. APP. P. 2. The write-off of the

fees from the accounts receivable of the Court in no way eliminates or reduces the fees

owed.

TOM GRAY Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Scoggins Appeal dismissed Opinion delivered and filed November 2, 2016 [CV06]

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