Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-30 07:11:42.995836+00
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Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 25, 2023.

                                             In The

                        Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                    NO. 14-23-00065-CV

                              TIFFANY FLOYD, Appellant

                                                V.

                                  ZIFEI YANG, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 6
                             Fort Bend County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 22-CCV-071874

                              MEMORANDUM OPINION

       This appeal is from a judgment signed January 17, 2023. The notice of appeal
was filed February 1, 2023. No clerk’s record has been filed. The clerk responsible
for preparing the record in this appeal informed the court appellant did not make
arrangements to pay for the record.1

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         Although appellant’s notice of appeal states without elaborating that she “is indigent and
would like to proceed without paying court cost[s],” this is not sufficient to excuse appellant from
paying court costs. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 145(b) (“A party who cannot afford payment of court costs
       On March 7, 2023, notification was transmitted to appellant that the appeal
was subject to dismissal without further notice unless, within fifteen days, appellant
made arrangements to pay for the record and provided this court with proof of
payment. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). No response was filed to that notice.

       On March 28, 2023, appellant was ordered to demonstrate she had made
arrangements to pay for the clerk’s record on or before April 7, 2023. In the order,
the court notified appellant that failure to comply with either of those requirements
would leave the appeal subject to dismissal without further notice for want of
prosecution. Appellant has not filed any response demonstrating she has made
arrangements to pay for the record. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex.
R. App. P. 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal of case because appellant has
failed to comply with notice from clerk requiring response or other action within
specified time).

                                      PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Wise, Zimmerer, and Wilson.

must file the Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs approved by the Supreme
Court or another sworn document containing the same information.”).

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