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In re Z.P.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont
Aug 26, 2021
No. 09-21-00103-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 26, 2021)

Opinion

09-21-00103-CV

08-26-2021

IN THE INTEREST OF Z.P. AND L.P.


Submitted on August 25, 2021

On Appeal from the 418th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 10-09-10212-CV

Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

R.L.P., the father of Z.P. and L.P., appealed from the final order in a proceeding filed by his former spouse that modified a prior order-the order establishing the rights of joint custody between R.L.P. and the mother of Z.P. and L.P. After R.L.P. filed his appeal, the Clerk of the Ninth Court of Appeals sent him notices to explain he needed to establish indigence to proceed in the appeal without paying the required filing fee. But R.L.P. failed to respond to the letters, and R.L.P. never filed evidence to support any allegations claiming indigence. And R.L.P. did not respond to the letters by paying a filing fee in his appeal. See Tex.R.App.P. 5, 20.1. Finally, R.L.P. has neither arranged to pay the appellate filing fee or arranged to pay the fee proposed by the District Clerk to secure a clerk's record to support his appeal. See Tex.R.App.P. 37.3(b).

On June 16, 2021, the Clerk of the Ninth Court of Appeals notified the parties the Court would dismiss the appeal unless R.L.P. paid the required filing fee. In response to the notice, R.L.P. failed to file any response. In the absence of satisfactory explanations justifying R.L.P.'s failure to pay the filing fee for his appeal and his failure to arrange to pay for a clerk's record to support his appeal, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex.R.App.P. 37.3(b), 42.3.

APPEAL DISMISSED.


Summaries of

In re Z.P.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont
Aug 26, 2021
No. 09-21-00103-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 26, 2021)
Case details for

In re Z.P.

Case Details

Full title:IN THE INTEREST OF Z.P. AND L.P.

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont

Date published: Aug 26, 2021

Citations

No. 09-21-00103-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 26, 2021)