In the Interest of K.N.D. and P.M.D. v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 1, 2023
• Docket: 09-23-00062-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-23-00062-CV __________________

IN THE INTEREST OF K.N.D. AND P.M.D.

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On Appeal from the 253rd District Court Liberty County, Texas Trial Cause No. 22DC-CV-01197 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Shanika Deontinea Underwood filed a notice of appeal from a judgment in a

suit affecting the parent-child relationship. On February 24, 2023, we sent Appellant

a certified bill of costs for the filing fee for the appeal. On April 12, 2023, through a

notice issued by the Clerk of the Court, we warned the parties that Appellant had not

remitted the filing fee and that unless she paid the fee, the Court would dismiss the

appeal without further notice on any date after April 27, 2023. Appellant neither paid

the filing fee nor asserted that she was unable to afford payment of costs. See Tex.

R. App. P. 5, 20.1. None of the parties responded to the Clerk’s notices.

1 In the absence of a satisfactory explanation justifying the appellant’s failure

to pay the filing fee for the appeal, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.

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

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on May 31, 2023 Opinion Delivered June 1, 2023

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