in the Interest of H.H.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 7, 2019
• Docket: 09-19-00021-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________

NO. 09-19-00021-CV ____________________

IN THE INTEREST OF H.H.

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On Appeal from the 317th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. C-231,992 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is an accelerated appeal, in which pro se appellant J.H. appeals

the termination of his parental rights to H.H.

Despite written notices from this Court and an opportunity to cure, to date,

J.H. has neither established indigence nor paid the filing fee for the appeal. See Tex.

R. App. P. 5, 20.1. A clerk’s record has not been filed, and the clerk responsible for

preparing the record in this appeal informed the Court that J.H. did not make

arrangements to pay for the record. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). On February 8,

2019, we notified the parties that the appeal would be dismissed unless the filing fee

1 was paid or J.H. filed a motion which states the facts relied upon to explain the need

for additional time to file the record. J.H. did not respond to the Court’s notices.1

There being no satisfactory explanation for J.H.’s failure to pay the filing fee

for the appeal, and there being no satisfactory explanation for the failure to file the

clerk’s record, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P.

37.3(b), 42.3.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

___________________________ LEANNE JOHNSON Justice

Submitted on March 6, 2019 Opinion Delivered March 7, 2019

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.

1 The address appellant provided with his notice of appeal indicates that he was incarcerated when he filed the notice of appeal. This Court mailed notices to both the address of the facility where appellant was incarcerated and to appellant’s last known previous address. 2