In the Interest of K.E. and R.E., ChildrenAppeal from 47th District Court of Armstrong County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

Annotate this Case
Download PDF
In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-13-00082-CV IN THE INTEREST OF K.E. AND R.E., CHILDREN On Appeal from the 47th District Court Armstrong County, Texas Trial Court No. 2374, Honorable Dan L. Schaap, Presiding June 6, 2013 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ. S.E., the father, appearing pro se, appeals the final order of the trial court in this parental-rights termination case.1 M.E., the mother, also appeals. By letter of May 10, 2013, we notified the father of two matters pertaining to his appeal requiring immediate attention. First, the filing fee was unpaid. Second, the father s notice of appeal was untimely although filed within the fifteen-day extension period authorized by appellate rule 26.3. Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. We granted the father ten days, on peril of dismissal, to pay the filing fee or file an affidavit of indigence and to 1 See Tex. R. App. P. 9.8(b) (use of initials or other alias to protect identity of minor in parental-rights termination cases). file a written explanation reasonably explaining the need for additional time to file his notice of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 26.3, 42.3(a) and (c); Kidd v. Paxton, 1 S.W.3d 309 (Tex.App. Amarillo, 1999, pet. denied). The father did not pay the filing fee or file an affidavit of indigence nor did he file a writing explaining the need for additional time to file his notice of appeal. Accordingly, the appeal of S.E. is dismissed. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 42.3(a) and (c). The appeal of the mother remains pending. Per Curiam 2

Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.