Fourth Court of Appeals
San Antonio, Texas
MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-18-00287-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF L.J.S. and L.B.S., Children
From the 438th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2014EM503907
Honorable David A. Canales, Judge Presiding
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice
Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
Irene Rios, Justice
Delivered and Filed: July 25, 2018
DISMISSED
On May 23, 2018, we notified appellant that a filing fee of $205 was due and ordered
appellant, by June 4, 2018, to either: (1) pay the filing fee; or (2) provide written proof to this court
that appellant is indigent or otherwise excused by statute or the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure
from prepaying fees and costs. We notified appellant that if she failed to respond satisfactorily
within the time ordered, this appeal may be dismissed without further notice. See TEX. R. APP. P.
5 (providing appellate courts may enforce rule requiring payment of costs “by any order that is
just”), 42.3(c) (permitting appellate courts to dismiss an appeal when appellant fails to comply
with a court order).
Our May 23, 2018 order also notified appellant that the trial court clerk had filed a notice
of late record, stating appellant has not paid or arranged to pay the clerk’s fee to prepare the record
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and that appellant is not entitled to the record without paying the fee. 1 We further ordered appellant
to provide written proof to this court by June 4, 2018, that either she had paid the clerk’s fee, had
made satisfactory arrangements with the clerk to pay the fee, or was entitled to appeal without
paying the fee. We notified appellant that if she failed to file such proof within the time provided,
this appeal would be dismissed. See id. R. 37.3(b), 42.3(c).
Our records show that on June 4, 2018, appellant called the court and stated she would file
a response by June 5, 2018. No response was filed. Our records further show that on June 12, 2018,
the clerk of this court attempted to contact appellant and inquired about the status of her response.
On June 14, 2018, appellant responded by email, stating she would come to the court on June 15,
2018, “with something” and that she was still “trying to come up with money.”
We issued another order on June 27, 2018, again ordering appellant, by July 5, 2018, to
pay the filing fee or show she was excused from paying fees and costs. We again advised appellant
that if she did not respond satisfactorily within the time ordered, this appeal would be dismissed
without further notice. Appellant has not responded or paid the filing fee. We therefore dismiss
this appeal. See id. R. 5, 37.3(b), 42.3(c).
PER CURIAM
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The court reporter also informed this court that appellant has not paid or made arrangements to pay for the reporter’s
record.
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