In the Interest of R.P., a Child v. --Appeal from 314th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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Opinion issued September 20, 2012 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas NO. 01B11B00638BCV IN THE INTEREST OF R.P., a child On Appeal from the 314th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2010-06106J MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant, Latasha Penn, has neither paid the required filing fee for this appeal nor established indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 ( 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. ), 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing indigence); see also TEX. GOV T CODE ANN. § 51.207 (Vernon Supp. 2011), § 51.941(a) (Vernon 2005), § 101.041 (Vernon Supp. 2011) (listing fees in court of appeals); Order Regarding Fees Charged in Civil Cases in the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals and Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Misc. Docket No. 07-9138 (Tex. Aug. 28, 2007), reprinted in TEX. R. APP. P. app. A § B(1) (listing fees in court of appeals). Appellant was notified on June 12, 2012 that this appeal was subject to dismissal if she did not pay the fee by June 22, 2012. In response, appellant requested an extension of time to pay the fee. Appellant was given until August 3, 2012 to pay the fee, and was notified that the fee must be paid by August 3, 2012, or the appeal would be dismissed. After being notified that this appeal was subject to dismissal if she did not pay the fee by August 3, 2012, appellant did not adequately respond. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (allowing enforcement of rule); 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal of case). Appellant has also neither established indigence, nor paid, or made arrangements to pay, the fee for preparing the clerk s record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing indigence), 37.3(b) (allowing dismissal of appeal for want of prosecution if no clerk s record filed due to appellant s fault). Appellant was notified that the appeal would be dismissed if she did not pay or make 2 arrangements to pay for the clerk s record by August 3, 2012. After being so notified that this appeal was subject to dismissal, appellant did not adequately respond. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b) (allowing involuntary dismissal for want of prosecution). We dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. We dismiss all pending motions as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Massengale, and Brown. 3
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