Court Opinion

ID: 4037703
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Date Created: 2016-09-28 04:51:06.322079+00
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Order filed September 27, 2016

                                        In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                    ____________

                               NO. 14-16-00727-CV
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                         HARVELLA JONES, Appellant

                                          V.

                     THI "NINA" TRAN, ET AL, Appellees

                 On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2
                           Fort Bend County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause No. 14-CCV-052079

                                      ORDER

      On September 22, 2016, appellant filed an affidavit of indigence in this court.
Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.1(b)(1) provides that when a statement of
inability to afford payment of costs was filed in the trial court, the party’s indigence
status in the trial court carries forward on appeal. The exception to this rule is when
the party files a motion alleging the party’s financial circumstances have materially
changed since the date of the trial court’s order. Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(3).
      The clerk’s record has not been filed in this appeal. This court has not been
advised whether appellant filed a statement of inability to afford payment of costs in
the trial court, whether the statement was contested, or the ruling on any contest, if
any. To determine appellant’s indigent status, we issue the following order for a
partial clerk’s record.

      We order the Fort Bend County District Clerk to file a partial clerk’s record
with the clerk of this court on or before October 12, 2016. The partial clerk’s
record shall contain (1) the judgment being appealed; (2) any motion for new trial,
other post-judgment motion, or request for findings of fact and conclusions of law;
and (3) the notice of appeal. In addition, the partial clerk’s record shall contain:
(4) appellant’s statement of inability to afford payment of costs; (5) the contest(s) to
the statement, if any; (6) the trial court’s order ruling on any contest; and (7) any
other documents pertaining to the claim of indigence and the contests thereto.

                                        PER CURIAM