In the Interest of J.A.G. v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 12, 2023
• Docket: 09-23-00164-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-23-00164-CV __________________

IN THE INTEREST OF J.A.G.

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On Appeal from the 75th District Court Liberty County, Texas Trial Cause No. 23DC-CV-00146 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, J.G. Jr.,1 filed a notice of appeal on May 26, 2023, from an order

in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Despite written notice from this

Court and an opportunity to cure, to date, Appellant has neither established indigence

nor paid the filing fee for the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 20.1. We notified the

parties that the appeal would be dismissed unless the filing fee was paid. Appellant

did not respond to the Court’s notice.

1 We refer to the appellant by his initials. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 109.002(d).

1 Appellant did not file a statement of inability to pay costs and has not shown

that he is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1.

Furthermore, Appellant failed to comply with a notice from the Clerk of the Court

requiring a response within a specified time. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). There

being no satisfactory explanation for the failure to pay the filing fee for the appeal,

we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(c).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on October 11, 2023 Opinion Delivered October 12, 2023

Before Horton, Johnson and Wright, JJ.