Opinion
No. 04-16-00764-CV
12-29-2016
Miguel GUERRA and Anita Guerra, Appellants v. Copernicus GUERRA, Eric Stubbs, and Monica "Trish" Guerra Appellees
From the 285th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2015-CI-10888
Honorable Larry Noll, Judge Presiding
ORDER
A filing fee of $205.00 was due when this appeal was filed but it was not paid. See TEXAS SUPREME COURT ORDER REGARDING FEES CHARGED IN THE SUPREME COURT, IN CIVIL CASES IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS, AND BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION (Misc. Docket No. 14-9158, Aug. 28, 2015). The clerk of the court notified appellant[s] of this deficiency in a letter dated November 23, 2016. The fee remains unpaid. Rule 5 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provides:
A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs must pay - at the time an item is presented for filing - whatever fees are required by statute or Supreme Court order. The appellate court may enforce this rule by any order that is just.TEX. R. APP. P. 5.
We therefore order appellants, not later than January 9, 2017 to either (1) pay the applicable filing fee, or (2) provide written proof to this court that they are indigent or otherwise excused by statute or the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure from paying the fee. See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1 (providing that indigent party who complies with provisions of that rule may proceed without advance payment of costs). If appellants fail to respond satisfactorily within the time ordered, this appeal will be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3.
/s/_________
Marialyn Barnard, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 29th day of December, 2016.
/s/_________
Keith E. Hottle
Clerk of Court