Opinion
NO. 03-17-00725-CV
02-15-2018
Janet Mardell Miller Jackson, Appellant v. Darren Charles Jackson, Appellee
FROM THE 146TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY
NO. 286,333-B, THE HONORABLE JACK WELDON JONES, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION
The clerk's record in this appeal was due for filing in this Court on November 27, 2017. On December 5, 2017, we notified appellant that no clerk's record had been filed due to her failure to pay or make arrangements to pay the trial clerk's fee for preparing the clerk's record. The notice requested that appellant make arrangements for the clerk's record and submit a status report regarding this appeal by December 15, 2017. Further, the notice advised appellant that her failure to comply with this request could result in the dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution. To date, appellant has not filed a status report or otherwise responded to this Court's notice, and the clerk's record has not been filed.
If a trial court clerk fails to file the clerk's record due to an appellant's failure to pay or make arrangements to pay for the clerk's fee for preparing the record, the appellate court may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless the appellant was entitled to proceed without payment of costs. Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). In this case, appellant has not established that she is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 145. Because appellant has failed to pay or make arrangements to pay the clerk's fee for preparing the clerk's record, this appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.
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Melissa Goodwin, Justice Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Field Dismissed for Want of Prosecution Filed: February 15, 2018