Court Opinion

ID: 4042092
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Date Created: 2016-09-28 22:59:33.830971+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:30:27.266037
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-15-00225-CV
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                   IN THE INTEREST OF A.J.L.C.
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                On Appeal from the 317th District Court
                       Jefferson County, Texas
                     Trial Cause No. C-218,014-B
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On July 9, 2015, we notified the parties that the filing fee had not been paid

and warned that the appeal would be dismissed unless the appellant remitted the

filing fee for the appeal. Appellant did not respond to this Court’s notices.

      An appellant who wishes to proceed on appeal without payment of costs

must file an affidavit of indigence. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1. An appeal may be

dismissed if the appellant fails to comply with a requirement of the Texas Rules of

Appellate Procedure or fails to respond to a notice from the Clerk of the Court

requiring a response or other action within a specified time. See Tex. R. App. P.

42.3(c).

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      Appellant did not file an affidavit of indigence on appeal and has not shown

that he is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See generally Tex. R. App.

P. 20.1. Appellant failed to comply with notices that required a response. See Tex.

R. App. P. 42.3(c). There being no reasonable explanation for the failure to pay the

filing fee for the appeal, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R.

App. P. 42.3.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

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                                                    STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                       Chief Justice

Submitted on August 28, 2015
Opinion Delivered August 31, 2015

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

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