Opinion
No. 05-21-00159-CV
05-03-2021
IN THE ESTATE OF ELLICK FRANKLIN MCCANN, DECEASED
On Appeal from the Probate Court No. 1 Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. PR-19-00642-1
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Myers, Partida-Kipness, and Garcia
Opinion by Justice Partida-Kipness
Before the Court is appellee's March 30, 2021 motion to dismiss this appeal. A review of this appeal shows that, on January 14, 2021, appellant filed her notice of appeal. When the clerk's record was not filed, we notified Dallas County Clerk John Warren by postcard dated March 12, 2021 and instructed him to file the clerk's record within thirty days. On April 5, 2021, the clerk's office responded by letter informing the Court that appellant had not requested the record and had not paid or made arrangements to pay for the clerk's record.
We then sent appellant a letter, dated April 6, 2021, directing her to provide the Court, within ten days, with written verification she had paid or made arrangements to pay for the clerk's record or written documentation that she had been found entitled to proceed without payment of costs. TEX. R. APP. P. 35.3(a). We cautioned appellant that the failure to provide the required documentation within the time stated might result in the appeal being dismissed for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.2(b)(1), 37.3(b). To date, appellant has not responded to this Court's directives, the clerk's record has not been filed, and appellant has not otherwise communicated with the Court.
Given these circumstances, we grant appellee's motion and dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b), (c).
/Robbie Partida-Kipness/
ROBBIE PARTIDA-KIPNESS
JUSTICE 210159F.P05
JUDGMENT
On Appeal from the Probate Court No. 1, Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. PR-19-00642-1.
Opinion delivered by Justice Partida-Kipness. Justices Myers and Garcia participating.
In accordance with this Court's opinion of this date, we DISMISS this appeal for want of prosecution.
We ORDER that appellee James Robert McCann recover his costs, if any, of this appeal from appellant Delores Yolanda Botello a/k/a Yolanda Delores Botello. Judgment entered May 3, 2021.