Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.

This is an order dismissing an original writ proceeding based on a stipulation of the parties. The petitioner sought extraordinary relief in the form of a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition. Rather than reaching the…

The court dismissed a pro se appeal from a divorce decree and post-decree order for failure to prosecute. After issuing a notice on October 14, 2024, setting deadlines for the docketing statement (21 days), transcript…

The Court of Appeals addressed a petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging the family court's jurisdiction to enforce a property settlement agreement. The court set out the governing framework: mandamus…

Stojack sought traditional mandamus relief from the denial of a motion to disclose his minor child's therapy records. The court recited the governing framework: mandamus is available "to compel the performance of an act…

The court addressed jurisdiction over a prematurely filed notice of appeal in a divorce matter. Construing Popelkova's August 2024 notice of appeal from an unappealable interlocutory order, the court held it "may…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to pay the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e) or to demonstrate compliance with NRAP 24 (governing in forma pauperis proceedings) within the 14-day period set…

The court dismissed this appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with the docketing requirements of NRAP 3(e) and (f). On December 18, 2024, the court issued notices giving appellant 7 days to file the case…

This is an original proceeding on an emergency petition for writs of mandamus and prohibition arising from a child custody matter. The challenged decision was a district court minute order denying a motion to quash…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal for failure to comply with appellate filing requirements. Under NRAP 3(f)(1), a case appeal statement must accompany the notice of appeal. The court issued a notice on…

The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed the appeal pursuant to appellant's motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42. The order contains no substantive discussion of the merits, standard of review, or underlying district…

This is a pro se appeal from a final judgment denying a petition for nonparent visitation entered after resolution of a timely tolling motion. The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 31(d) for failure…

The court evaluated appellate jurisdiction sua sponte. Under NRAP 3A(b)(1), an appeal lies from a final judgment, defined in Lee v. GNLV Corp., 116 Nev. 424, 426, 996 P.2d 416, 417 (2000). The decree of divorce here did…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal for failure to comply with docketing requirements under NRAP 3. The appeal was docketed October 24, 2024, without the filing fee and without the case appeal statement…

The clerk's order dismisses the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to pay the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e) or to demonstrate compliance with NRAP 24 (governing in forma pauperis applications) after the court…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal for failure to comply with NRAP 3(d)(1), which requires that a notice of appeal be served on all parties to the district court action and "contain an acknowledgment of…

The court dismissed the appeal for failure to prosecute under NRAP 14 (docketing statement) and NRAP 9(a) (transcript request requirements). After the clerk's September 6, 2024 notice setting deadlines of 21 days for…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with the filing-fee requirement of NRAP 3(e). After the appeal was docketed without the requisite fee, the court issued a 14-day cure notice…

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…

The court issued a clerk's order dismissing the appeal as a sanction for failure to file a docketing statement. Pursuant to NRAP 14(b), the court's August 21, 2024 referral notice required appellant to file the…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to pay the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e) or, alternatively, to demonstrate compliance with the in forma pauperis procedures of NRAP 24. After docketing on…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with the filing-fee requirement of NRAP 3(e). After docketing on July 29, 2024, the clerk issued a 14-day notice to cure by paying the fee or…

Standard of review. The court reviews the disposition of community property for abuse of discretion, citing Kogod v. Cioffi-Kogod, 135 Nev. 64, 75, 439 P.3d 397, 406 (2019), and reviews interpretation of caselaw and…

By the Court, McNamee, C.J. On the wife's appeal from dismissal of her negligence action against her husband for personal injuries, the sole question was whether a wife may maintain a personal-injury tort action against…