The opinion
Opinion issued February 14, 2013
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-10-01153-CV
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KAREN KRISTINE SILVIO, Appellant
V.
MICHAEL B. NEWMAN, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Civil Court at Law No. 1
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 945,526
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Karen Kristine Silvio, has neither paid the required filing fee for
this appeal nor established indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 5 (“A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs
must pay—at the time an item is presented for filing—whatever fees are required by
statute or Supreme Court order.”), 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing
indigence); see also TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 51.207 (West Supp. 2012),
§.51.941(a) (West 2005), § 101.041 (West Supp. 2012) (listing fees in court of
appeals); Order Regarding Fees Charged in Civil Cases in the Supreme Court and
the Courts of Appeals and Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation,
Misc. Docket No. 07-9138 (Tex. Aug. 28, 2007), reprinted in TEX. R. APP. P. app. A
§ B(1) (listing fees in court of appeals).
The filing fee was first due on December 15, 2010. On October 12, 2012, the
Court issued an order notifying appellant that she had not established indigence and
that, unless the filing fee was paid within 10 days, the appeal was subject to
dismissal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (allowing enforcement of rule); 42.3 (allowing
involuntary dismissal of case). Appellant filed a response in which she again
asserts that she is indigent.
Because appellant has not paid the required filing fee as directed, we dismiss
the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), (c). All other
pending motions are dismissed as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Higley and Brown.
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