in the Interest of K.E. and R.E., Children ( 2013 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-13-00082-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF K.E. AND R.E., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 47th District Court
Armstrong County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2374, Honorable Dan L. Schaap, Presiding
June 6, 2013
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ.
S.E., the father, appearing pro se, appeals the final order of the trial court in this
parental-rights termination case.1 M.E., the mother, also appeals.
By letter of May 10, 2013, we notified the father of two matters pertaining to his
appeal requiring immediate attention. First, the filing fee was unpaid. Second, the
father’s notice of appeal was untimely although filed within the fifteen-day extension
period authorized by appellate rule 26.3. Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. We granted the father
ten days, on peril of dismissal, to pay the filing fee or file an affidavit of indigence and to
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See Tex. R. App. P. 9.8(b) (use of initials or other alias to protect identity of
minor in parental-rights termination cases).
file a written explanation reasonably explaining the need for additional time to file his
notice of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 26.3, 42.3(a) and (c); Kidd v. Paxton, 1 S.W.3d
309 (Tex.App.—Amarillo, 1999, pet. denied).
The father did not pay the filing fee or file an affidavit of indigence nor did he file
a writing explaining the need for additional time to file his notice of appeal.
Accordingly, the appeal of S.E. is dismissed. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 42.3(a) and
(c). The appeal of the mother remains pending.
Per Curiam
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