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- Title: Springer v. Springer
- Author : In the Supreme Court of Texas
- Release Date : January 02, 2007
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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Michael Springers wife filed for divorce while he was incarcerated and Springer sought to appeal the resulting judgment dividing marital property. Springer timely filed a notice of appeal, but did not pay the filing fee or file an affidavit of indigence "with or before" the notice as Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.1(c)(1) requires. One month after filing his notice of appeal, Springer filed an affidavit of indigence. Two months later, the court of appeals notified Springer that his filing fee was past due and his case would be dismissed if the fee was not paid within ten days. Springer did not pay the fee. The court of appeals dismissed Springers appeal for failure to pay the fee or file an affidavit of indigence "with or before" the notice of appeal. We hold that the court of appeals erred in dismissing Springers appeal.