Alejandro Castillo v. Sasha Alejandra Castillo

Summary

The Fifteenth Court of Appeals of Texas dismissed Alejandro Castillo’s appeal for failure to pay the appellate filing fee or respond to the court’s notice requiring payment. The per curiam memorandum opinion relies on Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.3(c) and concerns an appeal from a judgment in a Travis County family-law proceeding.

Holdings

1. An appeal may be involuntarily dismissed when the appellant fails to comply with a court notice requiring payment of the appellate filing fee or another specified action within the prescribed period.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court of appeals should dismiss the appeal when the appellant failed to pay the appellate filing fee after receiving notice requiring payment within a specified period.

Disposition

dismissed