v. Saravia, 826 S.W.2d 608, 609 (Tex.1992) (per curiam); Grand Prairie Independent School Dist. v. Southern Parts Imports, Inc., 813 S.W.2d 499, 600 (Tex.1991) (per curiam). An appellant should be given an opportunity to amend a defective bond, a cash deposit in lieu of bond, or an affidavit of inability to pay costs on appeal before the court of appeals may dismiss an appeal. Id. at 500; See Tex.R.App.P. 83. An examination of the record in this appeal indicates that this appeal is not properly perfected, but that the Restre-pos made a bona fide attempt to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court, by filing their Affidavit to Proceed In Forma Pauperis in Support of Notice of Appeal under the cause number of the original, unsevered proceeding. See City of San Antonio, 828 S.W.2d at 418 (<HOLDING>); Mueller, 826 S.W.2d at 609 (holding that a
holding that the appellate court should have construed the notice of appeal from the denial of a motion to vacate the judgment as an attempt to appeal from the underlying judgment holding that a notice of appeal filed when an appeal bond is required to perfect is a bona fide attempt to invoke appellate jurisdiction and that the court of appeals dismissal was improper without first affording an opportunity to correct the defective perfection of appeal holding that notice of appeal filed under the wrong docket number is a bona fide attempt to invoke appellate jurisdiction and that the court of appeals dismissal was improper holding that intermediate appellate courts have jurisdiction to address merits of appeal when amended notice of appeal is filed before briefs are filed holding that where the issue of sanctions was not before the court of appeals when the appeal was filed the district court retained jurisdiction