                                    IN THE
                            TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

                                  No. 10-13-00379-CV

                                IN RE B.M. AND K.M.



                                 Original Proceeding


                            MEMORANDUM OPINION


       The petition for writ of mandamus is denied. TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d).

       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

(West Supp. 2012); § 51.941(a) (West 2005). 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
Petition Denied
Opinion delivered and filed November 7, 2013
[OT06]




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