A filing fee of $205.00 was due when this appeal was filed but it was not paid. See T EXAS S UPREME C OURT O RDER R EGARDING F EES C HARGED I N THE S UPREME C OURT , I N C IVIL C ASES I N THE C OURTS OF A PPEALS , AND B EFORE THE J UDICIAL P ANEL ON M ULTIDISTRICT L ITIGATION (Misc. Docket No. 14-9158, Aug. 28, 2015). The clerk of the court notified appellant[s] of this deficiency in a letter dated November 24, 2015. The fee remains unpaid. Rule 5 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provides:

A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs must pay – at the time an item is presented for filing – whatever fees are required by statute or Supreme Court order. The appellate court may enforce this rule by any order that is just.

T EX . R. A PP . P. 5.

We therefore order appellant, not later than December 28, 2015 to either (1) pay the applicable filing fee, or (2) provide written proof to this court that she is indigent or otherwise excused by statute or the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure from paying the fee. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 20.1 (providing that indigent party who complies with provisions of that rule may proceed without advance payment of costs). If appellant fails to respond satisfactorily within the time ordered, this appeal will be dismissed. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 42.3.

_________________________________ Marialyn Barnard, Justice IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 18th day of December, 2015.

___________________________________ Keith E. Hottle Clerk of Court