Order filed September 17, 2019
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-19-00250-CV
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IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF JOSE DANIEL TORRES
ALVARADO & MARTHA ARACELI GOMEZ MARTINEZ
On Appeal from the 309th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2017-23076
ORDER
The record before this court reflects that appellant filed a Statement of
Inability to Afford Payment of Costs in the trial court on March 20, 2019. On
September 11, 2019, Ehdi Sepulveda, the court reporter, filed an information sheet
noting that appellant has not made arrangements to pay for the record. The court
reporter further noted that, “[a] docket sheet entry on 4/23/19 for indigency hearing
was passed per judge.”
A party who filed a Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs
in the trial court is not required to pay costs in the appellate court unless the trial
court signs an order that complies with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 145 requiring
payment of costs. Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(b)(1). “A party who files a Statement of
Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs cannot be required to pay costs except
by order of the court as provided by this rule.” See Tex. R. Civ. P. 145(a). Appellant
has not been ordered to pay costs pursuant to Rule 145.
Accordingly, the court reporters for the 309th District Court, Ehdi Sepulveda,
Delores Johnson, Karen DeShelter, and Marissa Elliott are directed to file the
reporter’s record within 30 days of the date of this order.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Wise and Hassan.