RONALD D. NELSON AND

TREA NELSON,

APPELLANTS

V.

LARRY DOUGLAS NELSON,

APPELLEE

This appeal is being dismissed for want of prosecution. Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b). Appellants perfected their appeal on November 18, 2002. Thereafter, the record was filed on March 19, 2003, making Appellants' brief due on or before April 18, 2003. When Appellants failed to file their brief within the required time, this court notified them on April 25, 2003 that the brief was past due, and it warned that if no response explaining the delay were received by May 5, 2003, the appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution under Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).

As of May 12, 2003, Appellants have neither tendered their brief nor otherwise responded to this court's notice. Accordingly, Appellants' appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1) and 42.3.(b).

Opinion delivered May 14, 2003.

Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J. and Griffith, J.