Court Opinion

ID: 4564785
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-09-11 14:11:34.03976+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:33:27.175537
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In The

                                  Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                                NO. 09-20-00204-CV
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                     IN THE INTEREST OF J.W. AND J.W.

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             On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 3
                     Montgomery County, Texas
                   Trial Cause No. 18-07-09683-CV
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                                        ORDER

      On August 19, 2020, Alexander Williams, Appellant, filed a notice of appeal

from the trial court’s judgment signed on May 18, 2020. On September 1, 2020,

Appellant filed a statement of inability to afford payment of court costs in the

appellate court. We abate this appeal and remand the cause to the trial court for a

determination of Appellant’s ability to afford payment of court costs under Rule 145

of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 145.

      Any motion to require Appellant to pay costs or to require Appellant to prove

his inability to afford costs must be filed in the trial court by the appropriate party in

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accordance with Rule 145. See id. R. 145(f)(1)-(4). If necessary, the trial court shall

conduct a hearing and make appropriate orders. See id. R. 145(f)(5)-(7). Any

documents filed and orders signed pursuant to Rule 145 shall be forwarded to this

Court for filing as a supplemental record no later than October 1, 2020.

Alternatively, a party, the trial court clerk, or the court reporter may file a status

report informing this Court that additional time is needed for a determination under

Rule 145. In the absence of a request for additional time, this appeal will

automatically reinstate on October 12, 2020. Upon reinstatement, if an order

requiring Appellant to pay costs has not been signed, Appellant will be entitled to

proceed without payment of costs associated with this appeal. See id. R. 145(a).

      ORDER ENTERED September 11, 2020.

                                                            PER CURIAM

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.

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