IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-16-00125-CV IN THE INTEREST OF M.R. AND L.G.R., CHILDREN

From the 74th District Court McLennan County, Texas Trial Court No. 2015-1337-3

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Candace Rios appealed the trial court’s order terminating Rios’s parental rights.

A motion to dismiss her appeal has now been filed.

Rio’s motion is granted. The appeal is dismissed. TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(1).

Absent a specific exemption, the Clerk of the Court must collect filing fees at the time a document is presented for filing. TEX. R. APP. P. 12.1(b); Appendix to TEX. R. APP. P., Order Regarding Fees (Amended Aug. 28, 2007, eff. Sept. 1, 2007). See also TEX. R. APP. P. 5; 10TH TEX. APP. (WACO) LOC. R. 5; TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 51.207(b); 51.208; § 51.941(a) (West 2013). Under these circumstances, we suspend the rule and order the Clerk to write off all unpaid filing fees in this case. TEX. R. APP. P. 2. The write-off of the fees from the accounts receivable of the Court in no way eliminates or reduces the fees owed.

TOM GRAY Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Scoggins Appeal dismissed Opinion delivered and filed May 19, 2016 [CV06]

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