Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-20 14:12:01.557753+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                     San Antonio, Texas
                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                        No. 04-24-00011-CV

             IN THE INTEREST OF D.A.A. III, D.A.A., D.A.A., and A.D.A., Children

                      From the 37th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                    Trial Court No. 2016CI05227
                          Honorable Nadine Melissa Nieto, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:          Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
                  Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
                  Irene Rios, Justice

Delivered and Filed: February 14, 2024

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION

           Based on the very limited record before us, we set the clerk’s record due on January 16,

2024. See TEX. R. APP. P. 35.1(b). Two days later, the Bexar County District Clerk notified this

court that Appellant is not entitled to a free record, and Appellant has not paid the fee for preparing

the record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b).

           On January 19, 2024, we ordered Appellant Daniel Alderete Jr. to file written proof by

January 29, 2024, that either (1) the clerk’s fee has been paid or arrangements have been made to

pay the clerk’s fee, or (2) he is entitled to a free clerk’s record. We warned Alderete that if he

failed to respond as ordered, this appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution. See id.

           On January 22, 2024, representing himself, Alderete filed a “Petitioner’s Proposed Order

for Modification of Parent-Child Relationship and Parenting Plan.”
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       Alderete’s January 22, 2024 proposed order is neither written proof that he has made

arrangements to pay the clerk’s fee nor proof that he is entitled to a free record.

       Alderete has failed to comply with our January 19, 2024 order. Accordingly, we dismiss

this appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b), (c).

       All pending requests for relief are denied.

                                                   PER CURIAM

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