In the Matter of the Marriage of Sandrine Kojidie Kom and Jean Paul M. Kom v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
• Decided: June 8, 2026
• Docket: 08-26-00221-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ————————————

No. 08-26-00221-CV

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In the matter of the marriage of Sandrine Kojidie Kom and Jean Paul M. Kom, Appellants

On Appeal from the 383rd District Court El Paso County, Texas Trial Court No. 2019DCM7783

M E MO RA N D UM O PI NI O N

Appellant, Jean Paul Kom, filed a notice of appeal on May 8, 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 §§ 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 May 11, 2026, the Clerk of this Court notified Appellant that the fees were due and that

this appeal could be dismissed if he failed to pay the filing fees by May 22, 2026. The Clerk further

notified Appellant 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. Appellant neither paid the filing fees nor otherwise responded to the

Clerk’s notice. 1

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

GINA M. PALAFOX, Justice

June 8, 2026

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

1 On May 19, 2026, we issued an order requiring Appellant to file a response addressing and providing a reasonable explanation for his late filed notice of appeal. Appellant adequately responded to our order, and we consider his notice of appeal timely. See Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997); Tex. R. App. P. 26.3.