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                              Fourth Court of Appeals
                                     San Antonio, Texas
                                           January 3, 2023

                                        No. 04-22-00795-CV

                IN THE ESTATE OF ELOISA M. MARTINEZ, DECEASED

                        From the Probate Court No 1, Bexar County, Texas
                                  Trial Court No. 2020PC3191
                           Honorable Oscar J. Kazen, Judge Presiding

                                            ORDER
        The clerk’s record was originally due on December 19, 2022. On December 21, 2022, the
trial court clerk filed a notification of late record, stating that the clerk’s record has not been filed
because appellant failed to pay the fee for preparing the clerk’s record. The trial court clerk’s
notification further indicates that appellant did not file a statement of inability to afford payment
court costs. However, appellant did file an affidavit of inability to pay court costs in this court on
November 22, 2022. Accordingly, appellant is entitled to appeal without paying for the clerk’s
record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(c).

        The trial court clerk further states in her notification of late record that appellant has not
filed a designation of the clerk’s record. However, a designation is not required. The contents of
the clerk’s record are listed in Rule 34.5(a) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See id.
34.5(a).

        We ORDER the trial court clerk to file the clerk’s record on or before January 23, 2023.

                                                        _________________________________
                                                        Liza A. Rodriguez, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 3rd day of January, 2023.

                                                        ___________________________________
                                                        MICHAEL A. CRUZ, Clerk of Court