in the Interest of B.K.T. and B.L.T. ( 2014 )

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-14-00096-CV ____________________ IN THE INTEREST OF B.K.T. AND B.L.T. _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the 279th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. F-167,969-G ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION On April 3, 2014, we notified the parties that the appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution unless arrangements were made for filing the record or the appellant explained why additional time was needed to file the record. On April 21, 2014, we notified the parties that the appeal would be dismissed unless the appellant remitted the filing fee for the appeal. Appellant did not respond to this Court’s notices. Appellant did not file an affidavit of indigence on appeal and has not shown that she is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1. There being no satisfactory explanation for the failure to pay the filing fee for the 1 appeal, and there being no satisfactory explanation for the failure to file the clerk’s record, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b); Tex. R. App. P. 42.3. APPEAL DISMISSED. ________________________________ STEVE McKEITHEN Chief Justice Opinion Delivered June 26, 2014 Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ. 2