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NUMBER 13-08-00429-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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             IN THE INTEREST OF H.J.R.T., A CHILD
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  On appeal from the 135th District Court of De Witt County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

    Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Yañez and Benavides
                  Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       Appellant perfected an appeal from a judgment rendered against her in favor of

appellee. On October 14, 2008, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that the clerk's

record in the above cause was originally due on August 19, 2008, and that the district clerk,

Tabeth Gardner, had notified this Court that appellant failed to make arrangements for

payment of the clerk's record. The Clerk of this Court notified appellant of this defect so

that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done. See TEX . R. APP. P.

37.3(b), 42.3(b). Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected within ten
days from the date of receipt of this notice, the appeal would be dismissed for want of

prosecution.

       On November 3, 2008, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that she was

delinquent in remitting a $175.00 filing fee. The Clerk of this Court notified appellant that

the appeal was subject to dismissal if the filing fee was not paid within ten days from the

date of receipt of this letter. See id. 42.3(c).

       Appellant has failed to failed to respond to this Court’s notices. Accordingly, the

appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. See TEX . R. APP. P. 42.3(b),(c).

                                                         PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed
this the 12th day of February, 2009.

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