In the Interest of M.P. and A.P., Children v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-24-00521-CV ___________________________
IN THE INTEREST OF M.P. AND A.P., CHILDREN
On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 2 Parker County, Texas Trial Court No. CIV-22-0486
Before Walker, Birdwell, and Womack, JJ. Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION
After Appellant filed this appeal from the trial court’s SAPCR order, on
December 18, 2024, the trial court signed an order requiring Appellant to pay court
costs. Appellant filed a motion in this court to vacate the order, and we denied
Appellant’s challenge to this order.
Thus, on January 6, 2025, this court issued an order requiring Appellant to pay
or make arrangements to pay the trial-court clerk for preparation of the appellate
record. Appellant filed a “Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs or
an Appeal Bond in [Trial] Court.” We notified Appellant that if her financial
circumstances had materially changed since the trial court’s December 18, 2024 order,
then she must file a motion in compliance with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure
20.1(b)(3) on or before January 24, 2025. No subsequent motion was filed that
alleged that Appellant’s financial circumstances had materially changed since the date
of the trial court’s order requiring payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(b)(3).
On February 18, 2025, we notified Appellant that the trial-court clerk
responsible for preparing the record in this appeal had informed us that Appellant had
not arranged to pay for the clerk’s record as the appellate rules require.1 See Tex. R.
App. P. 35.3(a)(2). In our notice, we warned that we could dismiss the appeal for
want of prosecution unless, within ten days, Appellant arranged to pay for the clerk’s
1 Appellant paid the filing fee for her appeal but not the fee for the trial-clerk’s record.
2 record and provided us with proof of payment. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.3(c), 37.3(b),
44.3.
Because more than ten days have passed and Appellant has not made payment
arrangements for the trial-clerk’s record, we now dismiss the appeal for want of
prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b), 43.2(f).
Appellant must pay all costs of this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.4.
Per Curiam
Delivered: March 13, 2025
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