in the Interest of D.R.D. and D.A.D.

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________

NO. 09-21-00152-CV __________________

IN THE INTEREST OF D.R.D. AND D.A.D. __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 317th District Court

Jefferson County, Texas

Trial Cause No. C-226,441-B __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION

Donald Darden, appellant, filed a notice of appeal with the trial court on May 27, 2021. On July 9, 2021, we warned appellant that the appeal would be dismissed without further notice unless he paid the filing fee for the appeal. Despite written notice from this Court and an opportunity to cure, to date, appellant has neither asserted that he is unable to afford payment of costs for the appeal nor paid the filing fee for the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 20.1. In addition, no clerk’s record has been filed, and the clerk responsible for preparing the record in this appeal informed the Court that appellant failed to arrange to pay for the record. See Tex. R. App. P.

37.3(b). On July 27, 2021, we notified the parties that it appeared appellant had not established indigent status for the appeal and warned that the appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution unless by August 26, 2021, appellant established that he had arranged to pay the fees he is required to pay or that he needed additional time to do so. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b). The Court received no response to the notice. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). We dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b), 42.3, 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on September 22, 2021

Opinion Delivered September 23, 2021

Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.