Stephanie Michelle Perry v. Will C. Perry
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Date FiledAugust 6, 2026
Docket09-26-00186-CV
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-26-00186-CV
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STEPHANIE MICHELLE PERRY, Appellant
V.
WILL C. PERRY, Appellee
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On Appeal from the 284th District Court
Montgomery County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 25-06-09463
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
On May 8, 2026, Stephanie Michelle Perry, acting pro se, filed a notice of
appeal from a final judgment signed on April 13, 2026. Upon receiving the notice of
appeal from Appellant, the Clerk of the Court issued an invoice for the filing fee for
the appeal. By letter dated June 15, 2026, the Clerk notified the parties that Appellant
has not paid the filing fee as directed in our letter and invoice previously forwarded
to Appellant. A Certified Bill of Costs for the filing fee was enclosed and provided
to Appellant. The notice warned Appellant that the appeal would be dismissed
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without further notice unless Appellant paid the filing fee by June 30, 2026. As of
this date, Appellant has failed to pay the filing fee as directed by this Court.
On May 8, 2026, the Clerk notified the parties that the record was due June
12, 2026. On June 12, 2026, the trial court clerk notified this Court that no payment
arrangements for the record have been made. Also on June 12, 2026, the appellate
clerk notified the parties that Appellant had not established indigent status and that
the clerk’s record had not been filed due to Appellant’s failure to pay or to arrange
to pay the fee required to prepare the clerk’s record. We warned Appellant that the
appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution unless Appellant established that
she had made the arrangements required to pay the fee or that she needed more time
to do so. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). After the Clerk of this Court sent the parties a
letter warning of the consequences of the foregoing, the Court did not receive a
response.
Appellant has not paid the filing fee for the appeal, nor has Appellant
explained why she has not paid the fee for the clerk’s record; therefore, we dismiss
the appeal for want of prosecution. Id. 5, 42.3(c), 43.2(f).
APPEAL DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on August 5, 2026
Opinion Delivered August 6, 2026
Before Golemon, C.J., Johnson and Wright, JJ.
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