The notice of appe al states that judg ment was “g rante d” on October 5, 2007, which is the 1 date listed as the D ate of J udg ment in the District Clerk’s Notice of Appe al I nformation Sheet. F or purposes of this opinion we will use the Oc tober 6, 2 0 07 date listed in the docke ting state ment as the date the judgme nt was sig ned. 

### TEXA S C OU R T OF A PPEAL S, THIR D DIST R ICT , AT AU STIN

NO. 03-0 8 -00 002 -CV

Je nnife r He lm , A ppe lla nt

v. Davet a Haf

fn er , Appellee

F ROM THE DISTRICT CO URT OF COM AL COUNTY , 274TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. C2006 -06 05C , HO NORAB LE DIB WALDRIP , JUDGE PRESIDI NG

M E M O R

A N D U M O P I N I O N
The re cord in this cause is overdue be cause appellant ha s not filed the documentation
nece ssary to show herse lf entitled to a fre e rec ord, paid, or made arr ang ements to pay for the r ecor d. The trial c ourt cler

k become s responsibl e fo r fi l i n g the re cord only if a notice of appea l has bee n filed and “the party responsible for paying f or the pre paration of the cler k’s re cord ha s p a id t

he c le rk ’s fe e , h a s ma de satis fa c tor y arr ang e me nts wi th t

he c le rk to p ay the fe e , o r i s entitled to appea l without pay ing the fee .” Te x . R. App. P. 35.3.

Acc ording to the docketingstatement, t h e judgme nt was sig ned Oc tober 6, 2007. 1 Ap pe lla nt Jenn if e r He lm fil e d a motio n for re he ari ng on No ve mbe r 2 , 2 00 7. Th e e xten de d a pp e llate2

timetables are thus applicable. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a)( 1), 35.1(a ). Ac cording ly , the re cord w as due to be f

iled on Fe bruar

y 4, 2008. The re cord ha s not been filed. I n a letter dated F ebrua

ry 1, 2008, the trial cour

t’s cler k repor ted to this Court’s clerk that appellant ha d not desig nated the r ecor d on appea l. T h e cl erk also reque sted that this Court extend the deadline f

or filing the cler

k’s re cord until Marc h 5, 2008. I n a sepa rate letter dated Fe b r u ar y 1 , 2 0 0 8 , th e c o u rt r e p o rte r s tate d th a t, b e c a u s e H e lm h a d n o t ma d e a d o wnpay ment on the re porter’ s rec ord, the re porter ha d not beg un to prepa re the rec ord. I n a letter dated Fe bruar y 25, 2008, and addr essed to He lm’s attorney , this Court wrote:
N o ti c e w a s r e c e iv e d f

r o m th e d is tr ic t c le r

k ’ s o f f ic e o f Co ma l Co u n ty , T e x as, on Fe bruar y 22, 2008, that appellant has n ei t h er pa id, nor made a rra ng ements for pa y me nt, fo r t

he c le rk ’s re c or d. Ac c or din g ly , th e c le rk ’s re c ord wi ll not be tim e ly filed. Ap pe lla nt’ s a tto rn e y is r e qu e ste d to su

bmi t a s tatus r e po rt

re g ard ingthi s a

pp e a l. A r e s p o n s e r e g ar d i n g t h i s m a t t e r i s r e qu e s t e d b y t h i s C o u rtb y Marc h 06, 2008
. F a il u r e to d o s o will result in the dismissal of this appeal for want of pr osecution. See Te x . R. App. P. 37.3(b). Appellant has not r esponded to this reque st. On Marc h 19, 2008, the trial cour t clerk c onfirmed that appellant still had not made a rra ng ements to pay

for the r ecor d. This appea l is dism issed for wa nt of prosec ution.

G. Alan Waldrop, Just ice Be fore Chief J ustice L aw, Justi ces Pembe rton and Waldrop Dismissed for Want of Prosecution Filed: Apr il 24, 2008