Opinion
No. 04-15-00246-CV
05-12-2015
Marco Antonio HERNANDEZ, Appellant v. Lisa HERNANDEZ, Appellee
From the County Court at Law, Starr County, Texas
Trial Court No. CC-10-03
Honorable Romero Molina, Judge Presiding
ORDER
A filing fee of $195.00 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. 13-9127, Aug. 16, 2013). The clerk of the court notified appellant of this deficiency in a letter dated April 23, 2015. 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 appellant, not later than May 22, 2015 to either (1) pay the applicable filing fee or (2) provide written proof to this court that he is 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 appellant fails 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 12th day of May, 2015.
/s/_________
Keith E. Hottle
Clerk of Court