N. B. R. initiated an appeal from the trial court's judgment in a juvenile case. No appellate record has been filed. We are advised by the district clerk that N. B. R. is not entitled to appeal without paying costs and that he has failed to pay the fee for preparing the clerk's record. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.3(a)(2). N. B. R. did not respond to this Court's letter inquiring into the status of the appellate record and informing him of the consequences of failing to file a record.

We conclude that N. B. R. is responsible for the failure to file the record and that he has been given a reasonable opportunity to cure. See id. 37.3(b). We therefore dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. Id. 37.3(b), 42.3(b).

Before Chief Justice Yeakel, Justices Aboussie and Jones

Dismissed for Want of Prosecution

Filed: June 4, 1998

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