Opinion
01-23-00816-CV
12-05-2023
Koffey Smith El-Bey v. Willie C. Roberson
Trial court: County Civil Court at Law No. 2 of Harris County, Trial court case number: 1188118
ORDER
PETER KELLY JUDGE
Appellant has filed a statement of inability to afford payment of court costs in this Court. The clerk's record contains a similar statement of inability filed with the original petition in the trial court. The clerk's record contains no order finding that appellant could afford payment of costs.
The general rule is that if a party filed a statement of inability in the trial court that appellant is not required to pay courts in the appellate court unless the trial court overruled the party's claim of indigence in a written order. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(b)(1). There is no trial court order overruling appellant's claim of indigence. Therefore, appellant is not responsible for payment of costs in this Court.
The Clerk of the Court is directed to indicate in appellant's file that he is indigent and not responsible for payment of costs.
It is so ORDERED.