Opinion
No. 04-14-00313-CV
05-19-2014
IN THE INTEREST OF M.H., A Child
From the 408th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2009-CI-15779
Honorable John D. Gabriel, Jr., 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 May 1, 2014, and requested the fee be paid by May 12, 2014. 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, Linda Fuentes, not later than May 29, 2014 to either (1) pay the applicable filing fee or (2) provide written proof to this court that she 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.
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Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 19th day of May, 2014.
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Keith E. Hottle
Clerk of Court