Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal from the Family Division of the Eighth Judicial District Court (Hon. Michele Mercer, District Judge). The dismissal was entered "[p]ursuant to the stipulation of the parties,…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal pursuant to a stipulation of the parties. The court invoked NRAP 42 as the basis for dismissal. The order recites that "cause appearing," the appeal is dismissed and that…

The court applied its established rule that the appellant bears the burden of establishing appellate jurisdiction. See Moran v. Bonneville Square Assocs., 117 Nev. 525, 527, 25 P.3d 898, 899 (2001). Appellant invoked…

The court dismissed this pro se child custody appeal for failure to prosecute under NRAP 3E. After issuing a May 21, 2025 briefing order pursuant to NRAP 3E(d)(1) requiring a fast track opening brief by July 21, 2025,…

The court dismissed the appeal under its authority to manage its docket where an appellant fails to comply with NRAP 9 (transcript requirements) and NRAP 14(b) (docketing statement requirements) despite multiple notices…

This is an order dismissing a pro se appeal from a Fifth Judicial District Court divorce action for failure to prosecute. After the court's August 26, 2025 notice directing appellant to file a transcript request form or…

This is an original proceeding in which a pro se petitioner sought a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging the district court's denial of a motion to disqualify the judge presiding over his custody motion. The…

The court granted appellant's pro se motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42 and dismissed the appeal. No substantive issues were reached, and the order announces no legal rule beyond the routine application of…

The court granted appellant's unopposed motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42 and dismissed the appeal. The order contains no substantive analysis, no statement of facts, and no discussion of the underlying…

The court dismissed the appeal on the appellant's own notice of withdrawal under NRAP 42. The order is a clerk's order containing no merits analysis, no standard of review, and no doctrinal discussion. The dismissal…

The court conducted a sua sponte jurisdictional review and dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Appealability in Nevada is limited to those orders authorized by statute or court rule. See Brown v. MHC…

The court raised appellate jurisdiction on its own review of the notice of appeal. Citing Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013), the court reiterated that it "may only consider…

The court dismissed the appeal pursuant to NRAP 42 based on the appellant's notice of withdrawal of appeal filed September 23, 2025. The order is a clerk's order and contains no substantive analysis, holding, or…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the denial of Larson's NRCP 60(b) motions for abuse of discretion, stating it will uphold the district court's decision to grant or deny an NRCP 60(b) motion if sufficient evidence in the…

The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed this appeal for failure to comply with the docketing prerequisites of NRAP 3. The appeal was docketed on August 19, 2025, without the filing fee required under NRAP 3(e) and without…

The court dismissed the appeal on jurisdictional grounds without reaching the merits. Two independent defects supported dismissal. First, the notice of appeal was untimely under NRAP 4(a)(1) and NRAP 26(c). Written…

The court applied the settled rule that its appellate jurisdiction is limited to appeals authorized by statute or court rule. See Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013) ("[This court]…

The court applied the settled rule that appellate jurisdiction in Nevada is limited to appeals "authorized by statute or court rule," quoting Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…

This is an order of dismissal for failure to prosecute following counsel's withdrawal. After granting appellant's counsel's motion to withdraw on June 27, 2025, the court directed appellant within 30 days to retain new…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with the procedural prerequisites set out in NRAP 3(d) (proof of service of the notice of appeal) and NRAP 3(e) (filing fee), or alternatively to…

The Court of Appeals addressed an original emergency petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a divorce decree and an order denying a motion for a change of venue. The court set out the governing framework: mandamus…

The court disposed of the appeal on appellant's unopposed motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42. The order is a clerk's order containing no substantive analysis, no statement of facts, no standard of review, and…

This is a clerk-level dismissal for failure to comply with the docketing prerequisites of NRAP 3. The appeal was docketed July 22, 2025, without the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e) and without proof of service of the…

This is an original writ proceeding. The petitioner sought a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging various orders in a child custody and support matter. The Court of Appeals set out the governing standards:…

The court applied the familiar standard that writ relief is extraordinary and discretionary, and that the petitioner bears the burden of demonstrating entitlement to such relief. Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev.…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to pay the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e) and failure to comply with NRAP 24 within the 14-day period set by the court's notice. The opinion…

The court dismissed this pro se appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Under NRAP 3(c)(1)(B), a notice of appeal must designate the judgment or order being appealed. The court found that Cooper's notice of appeal…

This is a procedural dismissal for failure to prosecute a pro se appeal. The court recounted a sequence of compliance failures: a February 20, 2025 notice setting a 21-day deadline for the docketing statement and a…

The clerk's order dismisses the appeal for failure to pay the filing fee or comply with NRAP 24, citing NRAP 3(e) (filing fee requirement) and NRAP 3(a)(2) (authority to dismiss for noncompliance). The court issued a…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal for failure to comply with the filing-fee requirement of NRAP 3(e). After docketing on June 23, 2025, the court issued a 14-day notice requiring payment or a showing of…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with NRAP 3(e)'s filing-fee requirement. After docketing on June 23, 2025, the clerk issued a 14-day notice requiring payment or compliance with…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with NRAP 3(e)'s filing fee requirement. After docketing on June 23, 2025, the clerk issued a 14-day notice to cure by paying the fee or…

This is an original proceeding on an emergency petition for a writ of mandamus challenging district court orders that denied a motion to recuse and held a hearing in abeyance in a family law matter. The Court of Appeals…

The court dismissed the appeal for want of appellate jurisdiction. Reaffirming the principle that the Nevada Supreme Court "may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule," the court held that an…

The court dismissed the appeal for failure to comply with NRAP 3(e), which governs the filing fee and in forma pauperis procedure on appeal. After issuing a May 2, 2025 order directing appellant within 30 days to pay…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the denial of a NRCP 60(b)(3) motion for abuse of discretion, citing Vargas v. J Morales Inc., 138 Nev. 384, 387, 510 P.3d 777, 780 (2022) ("The district court has wide discretion to grant…

This is an original emergency writ proceeding in which the petitioner sought a writ of mandamus disqualifying the district court judge presiding over his family law case. The Court of Appeals set out the governing…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal for failure to comply with the filing-fee requirement. Per NRAP 3(e), payment of the filing fee is required upon docketing. After appellant failed to pay or to demonstrate…

The Court of Appeals addressed an original writ petition seeking mandamus and/or prohibition. It set out the governing framework: mandamus is available to compel the performance of an act the law requires as a duty…

This is an administrative dismissal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with the docketing prerequisites of NRAP 3(d) (proof of service of the notice of appeal) and NRAP 3(e) (filing fee), with NRAP 24 governing…

The court construed appellant's notice of withdrawal as a motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42 and granted it, dismissing the appeal. No merits analysis, standard of review, or doctrinal discussion is presented…

The court applied the threshold rule that appellate jurisdiction in Nevada is limited to appeals "authorized by statute or court rule," citing Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…

This is an order of dismissal for failure to prosecute. The Supreme Court tracked appellant's noncompliance with NRAP 9 (transcript request) and NRAP 14(b) (docketing statement), as well as the briefing schedule…

The court reiterated the foundational rule that appellate jurisdiction in Nevada is limited to appeals "authorized by statute or court rule," quoting Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851…

The court reiterated the threshold jurisdictional principle that it "may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule," quoting Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…

The court conducted a sua sponte jurisdictional review of the notices of appeal and related filings. Although the challenged district court order encompassed child custody matters, the court took appellant at his word:…

The court dismissed sua sponte for want of appellate jurisdiction after screening the notice of appeal. Two independent grounds supported dismissal. First, the order on appeal was a minute order. Citing Division of…

This is an unpublished order dismissing an appeal for failure to prosecute following counsel's withdrawal. After granting counsel's motion to withdraw on February 12, 2025, the court ordered appellant to retain…

The court reiterated the threshold jurisdictional principle that it "may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule," quoting Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…

The court reiterated the established framework for original writ practice. Mandamus is available "to compel the performance of an act that the law requires as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station or to…