                                       In The

                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-18-00156-CV
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              IN THE INTEREST OF M.F.S., M.F.S., AND A.F.S.
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                    On Appeal from the 418th District Court
                         Montgomery County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 17-03-03917-CV
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      The trial court clerk informed the Court that no arrangements have been made

to pay for the District Clerk to prepare the clerk’s record. On July 16, 2018, we

warned the appellants that their appeal could be dismissed unless they established

that they had arranged to pay the fee required to obtain the record with the clerk, or

they filed a motion explaining why they needed additional time. On July 25, 2018,

we affirmed the trial court’s order granting the court reporter’s contest to the

appellants’ statements claiming they were unable to afford to pay costs. See Tex. R.

Civ. P. 145(g).



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        There being no satisfactory explanation for the appellants’ failure to pay the

filing fee for the appeal and failure to file the clerk’s record that is relevant to their

appeal, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b),

42.3.

        APPEAL DISMISSED.


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                                                       HOLLIS HORTON
                                                            Justice



Submitted on August 29, 2018
Opinion Delivered August 30, 2018

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.




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