Opinion issued March 3, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-15-00785-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF B.T.M. AND T.L.S.M., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 310th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2004-37975
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, D.R.M., proceeding pro se, filed a premature notice of appeal in
the trial court, which is deemed filed on September 11, 2015, the date the order in
the suit to modify the parent-child relationship was signed. See TEX. R. APP. P.
27.1(a). However, appellant has neither paid the required filing fee nor established
indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See id. 5, 20.1; see also TEX. GOV’T CODE
ANN. §§ 51.207, 51.208, 51.941(a), 101.041(1) (West Supp. 2015), § 101.0411
(West Supp. 2015); Order, Fees Charged in the Supreme Court, in Civil Cases in the
Courts of Appeals, and Before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, Misc.
Docket No. 15-9158 (Tex. Aug. 28, 2015). After being notified by the Clerk of this
Court on October 5, 2015, and again by this Court’s Order on October 22, 2015, that
this appeal was subject to dismissal for failure to pay the required fee, appellant did
not timely respond. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 42.3(c).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for nonpayment of all required fees and
for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 42.3(b), (c). We dismiss any pending
motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Keyes and Higley.
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