Opinion
Appellate case number: 01-20-00580-CV
10-20-2020
Robert B. Walker v. Carolyn Taub and Lori Hood
ORDER Trial court case number: 2016-20807 Trial court: 295th District Court of Harris County, Texas
Appellant, Robert B. Walker, has filed a notice of appeal of the trial court's final judgment signed on June 16, 2020. And he has filed in this Court a "Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs or an Appeal Bond" and a "Motion for Waiver of Payment of Court Costs or an Appeal Bond." The clerk's record filed in this Court also includes appellant's "Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs or an Appeal Bond," filed in the trial court on September 18, 2020. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(a), (b), (d); see also TEX. R. CIV. P. 502.3. However, the Statement of Inability filed in the trial court was partially redacted.
To avoid payment of costs of the record and filing fee on appeal, an appellant must file a Statement of Inability in the trial court in which the appellant swears that he is unable to afford court costs. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(a). The Statement of Inability "must include the information required by the [Texas Supreme] Court-approved form." TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(b).
Accordingly, appellant is ordered by November 19, 2020 to file an unredacted, completed Statement of Inability in the trial court. Appellant also must ask the trial court clerk to prepare and file a supplemental clerk's record containing the unredacted Statement of Inability appellant filed with the trial court on or before November 19, 2020. See TEX. R. APP. P. 34.5(c).
It is so ORDERED. Judge's signature: /s/ Julie Countiss
Acting individually Date: October 20, 2020