Order filed September 13, 2012.

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________ NO. 14-12-00301-CV ____________ JAMES E. SIMONS, Appellant V. MONTSERRAT MONROY, Appellee

On Appeal from the 308th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2009-55484

ORDER Appellant’s brief was filed August 17, 2012. This court has determined that appellant has not properly presented this cause in his brief by failing to substantially comply with Rule 38 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. In particular, appellant has failed to provide a clear and concise argument for each contention made with appropriate citations to the record and to authority. Tex. R. App. P. 38.1(g), (i).

Accordingly, we STRIKE appellant’s brief filed August 17, 2012. Pursuant to Rule 38.9(b), we order appellant to file an amended brief on or before October 11, 2012.

If appellant fails to file an amended brief on or before October 11, 2012, as ordered herein, the appeal will be dismissed for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).

PER CURIAM