William F. Hopkins v. Leslie C. Norwood

DISMISS and Opinion Filed October 16, 2018
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-18-00604-CV
WILLIAM F. HOPKINS, Appellant
V.
LESLIE C. NORWOOD, Appellee
On Appeal from the 417th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 417-55952-2017
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Wright, Justice Evans, and Justice Brown
Opinion by Chief Justice Wright
The filing fee and docketing statement in this case are overdue. By postcards dated May
23, 2018 and July 27, 2018, we notified appellant the filing fee and docketing statement were past
due. We directed appellant to remit the filing fee and file the docketing statements within ten
days and expressly cautioned appellant that failure to do so would result in dismissal of the appeal.
Also by letter dated August 27, 2018, we directed appellant to file documentation to enable
this Court to determine our jurisdiction over this appeal. Specifically, appellant seeks to appeal a
protective order that was rendered while a suit for divorce was pending. Thus, we directed
appellant to file documentation showing whether a final decree for divorce had been entered. See
TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 81.009 (West 2014) (protective order rendered against a party in a suit
for dissolution of a marriage may not be appealed until the time the final decree of dissolution of
the marriage becomes a final, appealable order). We expressly cautioned appellant failure to file
the requested documentation, within five days of the date of our letter, would result in dismissal
of his appeal without further notice.
To date appellant has not remitted a filing fee, filed a docketing statement, or responded to
our request for documentation regarding the status of the divorce. Accordingly, we dismiss this
appeal. See TEX. R. APP. 42.3 (b), (c).
/Carolyn Wright/
CAROLYN WRIGHT
CHIEF JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
WILLIAM F. HOPKINS, Appellant On Appeal from the 417th Judicial District
Court, Collin County, Texas
No. 05-18-00604-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. 417-55952-2017.
Opinion delivered by Chief Justice Wright.
LESLIE C. NORWOOD, Appellee Justices Evans and Brown participating.
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.
It is ORDERED that appellee LESLIE C. NORWOOD recover her costs of this appeal
from appellant WILLIAM F. HOPKINS.
Judgment entered October 16, 2018.
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