In the Interest of J.A.G. Appeal from 75th District Court of Liberty County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-23-00164-CV __________________ IN THE INTEREST OF J.A.G. __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 75th District Court Liberty County, Texas Trial Cause No. 23DC-CV-00146 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant, J.G. Jr.,1 filed a notice of appeal on May 26, 2023, from an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Despite written notice from this Court and an opportunity to cure, to date, Appellant has neither established indigence nor paid the filing fee for the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 20.1. We notified the parties that the appeal would be dismissed unless the filing fee was paid. Appellant did not respond to the Court’s notice. We refer to the appellant by his initials. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 109.002(d). 1 1 Appellant did not file a statement of inability to pay costs and has not shown that he is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1. Furthermore, Appellant failed to comply with a notice from the Clerk of the Court requiring a response within a specified time. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). There being no satisfactory explanation for the failure to pay the filing fee for the appeal, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(c). APPEAL DISMISSED. PER CURIAM Submitted on October 11, 2023 Opinion Delivered October 12, 2023 Before Horton, Johnson and Wright, JJ. 2

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