In the Matter of the Marriage of Ronald Franklin Warren (Deceased) and Karen Ashley Courtney v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
• Decided: March 19, 2026
• Docket: 08-26-00099-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ———————————— No. 08-26-00099-CV ————————————

In the Matter of the Marriage of Ronald Franklin Warren (Deceased), and Karen Ashley Courtney, Appellant

On Appeal from the 83rd District Court Pecos County, Texas Trial Court No. P-8852-83-CV

M E MO RA N D UM O PI NI O N Appellant, Karen Ashley Courtney, timely appealed from the trial court’s judgment on

February 23, 2026, but neither paid the appellate filing fees nor established a right to proceed

without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 20.1; see also Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §§ 51.207,

51.208, 51.851(b), 51.941(a); Order Regarding Fees Charged in the Supreme Court, in Civil Cases

in the Courts of Appeals, Before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, and in the Business

Court, Misc. Docket No. 24-9047 (Tex. July 26, 2024).

Under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the fees for appealing to a court of appeals

are due at the time a notice of appeal is presented to the appellate court for filing. See Tex. R. App.

P. 5. On February 26, 2026, the Clerk of this Court notified Courtney that this appeal could be dismissed if she failed to pay the filing fees by March 9, 2026. The Clerk further notified Courtney

that the failure to comply with a Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure, an order of this Court, or a

notice from the Clerk requiring a response within a specified time could result in dismissal of this

appeal. Courtney neither paid the filing fees nor otherwise responded to the Clerk’s notice.

We dismiss this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 42.3(c).

MARIA SALAS MENDOZA, Chief Justice

March 19, 2026

Before Salas Mendoza, C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.