In the Matter of the Marriage of Diane Cortina and Leodegario Cortina and In the Interest of Jessica Adriana Cortina and Jeanette Alyna Cortina, Children--Appeal from 247th District Court of Harris County

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
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No. 06-01-00071-CV
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IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF

DIANE CORTINA AND LEODEGARIO CORTINA

AND IN THE INTEREST OF

JESSICA ADRIANA CORTINA AND

JEANETTE ALYNA CORTINA, CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 247th Judicial District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2000-57278
Before Cornelius, C.J., Grant and Ross, JJ.
Opinion by Justice Grant
O P I N I O N

Leodegario Cortina has filed an appeal from a judgment of divorce, rendered on February 12, 2001, that ended his marriage to Diane Cortina. The Texas Supreme Court transferred the appeal to this court from the First Court of Appeals as part of its docket equalization efforts. The clerk's record in this case was filed on September 13, 2001. No reporter's record was requested. At the time that the divorce was finalized, Leodegario Cortina was in prison and was not represented by counsel in the divorce proceeding.

After the divorce was granted, he was released from custody. Beginning with letters from this court mailed in May 2001, we have attempted to contact him without success through the addresses provided to this court or shown by the records.

On October 25, 2001, we sent a letter to his last known address warning him that if he did not take some affirmative action within fifteen days showing an intention to pursue his appeal, it would be dismissed for want of prosecution. Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b). Cortina has not contacted this court since his appeal commenced and has made no effort to take the steps necessary to file a brief on his own behalf.

 

The appeal is dismissed.

 

Ben Z. Grant

Justice

 

Date Submitted: December 12, 2001

Date Decided: December 12, 2001

 

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