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Date Created: 2023-03-19 08:11:04.453527+00
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Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed March 14, 2023.

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-22-00491-CV

                      WILLIAM VELASQUEZ, Appellant

                                          V.

                    VELMA VELASQUEZ BUZO, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the Probate Court No. 3
                            Harris County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 479,995

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      This appeal is from a judgment signed June 7, 2022. The notice of appeal was
filed July 5, 2022. To date, our records show that appellant has not paid the appellate
filing fee. See Tex. R. App. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases unless
party is excused by statute or by appellate rules from paying costs). Tex. Gov’t Code
§ 51.207 (appellate fees and costs). Moreover, no clerk’s record has been filed. The
clerk responsible for preparing the record in this appeal indicated to the court
appellant did not make arrangements to pay for the record.
      On July 19, 2022, appellant was instructed to pay the appellate filing fee on
or before July 29, 2022 or the appeal would be subject to dismissal without further
notice. In addition, on January 31, 2023, notification was transmitted to all parties
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). Appellant did not provide any
response to any of those notices.

      On February 23, 2023, appellant was ordered to pay the filing fee and
demonstrate he had made arrangements to pay for the clerk’s record on or before
March 6, 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 paid the appellate filing fee, he has not provided this court
with proof of payment for the record, nor has he otherwise responded to the court’s
order. 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.

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