Cristy West v. Jimmie Ward

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-24-00060-CV
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CRISTY WEST, Appellant

V.

JIMMIE WARD, Appellee

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On Appeal from the 410th District Court
Montgomery County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 23-12-18872-CV
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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Cristy West, Appellant, filed a notice of appeal on February 15, 2024, from a

judgment denying an informal marriage. Despite written notice from this Court and

an opportunity to cure, to date, Appellant has neither established indigence nor paid

the filing fee for the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 20.1. We notified the parties that

the appeal would be dismissed unless the filing fee was paid. Appellant did not

respond to the Court’s notice.

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Appellant did not file a statement of inability to pay costs and has not shown

that she is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1.

Furthermore, Appellant failed to comply with a notice from the Clerk of the Court

requiring a response within a specified time. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). There

being no satisfactory explanation for the failure to pay the filing fee for the appeal,

we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3, 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on April 24, 2024
Opinion Delivered April 25, 2024

Before Golemon, C.J., Johnson and Wright, JJ.

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