Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed February 28, 2013.

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-12-00884-CV LAURA ANN SIMS, Appellant V. ERICK CACERES AND VILMA CACERES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF ERIKA CACERES AND VENESSA CACERES, MINORS, Appellee On Appeal from the 334th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2011-26275 MEMORANDUM OPINION

This is an appeal from a judgment signed August 23, 2012. The notice of appeal was filed September 21, 2012. To date, our records show that appellant has not paid the $175.00 appellate filing fee. See Tex. R. App. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases unless indigent); Tex. R. App. P. 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing indigence); see also; Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. ' 51.207.

On January 24, 2013, this court ordered appellant to pay the appellate filing fee on or before February 8, 2013, or the appeal would be dismissed. Appellant has not paid the appellate filing fee. Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal of case because appellant has failed to comply with notice from clerk requiring response or other action within specified time).

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Boyce and Donovan.