Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-24 07:20:37.662078+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:19:18.032998
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DISMISS and Opinion Filed April 17, 2024

                                  S   In The
                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                              No. 05-23-01266-CV

        IN THE INTEREST OF T.C.T. AND T.B.T., JR., CHILDREN

               On Appeal from the 330th Judicial District Court
                            Dallas County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause No. DF-23-06499

                       MEMORANDUM OPINION
               Before Justices Partida-Kipness, Nowell, and Smith
                            Opinion by Justice Smith
      The associate judge signed an order for child support arrearages. Because

appellant did not file a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court

within ten days of its signing, the order became the order of the referring court.

See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 201.1041(a). Twenty-nine days after the order was

signed, appellant filed a “Notice of Appeal from Associate Judge’s Hearing.” By

letter dated February 5, 2024, we directed appellant to clarify, by written

verification within ten days, whether he intended to appeal to this Court. We

cautioned appellant that if he failed to comply, we would assume he did not intend

to pursue an appeal and dismiss the appeal.
      As of today’s date, appellant has not responded. Accordingly, we dismiss

the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c).

                                                 /Craig Smith/
                                                 CRAIG SMITH
231266F.P05                                      JUSTICE

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                                  S
                          Court of Appeals
                   Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                  JUDGMENT

IN THE INTEREST OF T.C.T. AND              On Appeal from the 330th Judicial
T.B.T., JR., CHILDREN                      District Court, Dallas County, Texas
                                           Trial Court Cause No. DF-23-06499.
No. 05-23-01266-CV                         Opinion delivered by Justice Smith.
                                           Justices Partida-Kipness and Nowell
                                           participating.

    In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is
DISMISSED.

      It is ORDERED that appellee Angela Frazier recover her costs of this
appeal from appellant Timothy Bernard Tanner.

Judgment entered April 17, 2024

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