Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.

The Clerk's order dismisses the appeal under NRAP 3(f)(2) for failure to pay the filing fee or perfect in forma pauperis status under NRAP 24. The court recounts that its December 27, 2022, order directing the district…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's denial of a motion to modify custody without an evidentiary hearing for an abuse of discretion, citing Bautista v. Picone, 134 Nev. 334, 338, 419 P.3d 157, 160 (2018).…

Standard of review: visitation decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion, Rennels v. Rennels, 127 Nev. 564, 568-69, 257 P.3d 396, 399 (2011); statutory interpretation is reviewed de novo, Potter v. Potter, 121 Nev.…

This is an appeal from a family court order dismissing a child custody action under NRS 125A.365 on inconvenient-forum grounds in favor of California. The Court of Appeals addressed four assignments of error. On the…

The court dismissed this pro se child custody appeal for failure to comply with the procedural filing requirements set forth in NRAP 3E(b), NRAP 3E(c), and NRAP 3E(d)(1). Following docketing on December 23, 2022, the…

The court dismissed the appeal sua sponte for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Reviewing the docketing statement and documents submitted pursuant to NRAP 3(g), the court determined that the challenged order - a district…

The court reviewed the child custody modification under the abuse-of-discretion standard, noting that the district court has "broad discretionary powers to determine child custody matters, and [this court] will not…

**Custody.** The court reviewed the custody determination for abuse of discretion, citing Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 428, 216 P.3d 213, 226 (2009), overruled on other grounds by Romano v. Romano, 138 Nev., Adv. Op.…

**Standard of review.** The court reviews child support orders for an abuse of discretion. Romano v. Romano, 138 Nev., Adv. Op. 1, 501 P.3d 980, 985 (2022). A district court abuses its discretion when its findings are…

The court applied the settled rule that its appellate jurisdiction exists only where authorized by statute or court rule. See NRAP 3A(b); Taylor Constr. Co. v. Hilton Hotels, 100 Nev. 207, 678 P.2d 1152 (1984). The…

This is a clerk's order of dismissal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with NRAP 3(e) and (f). The appeal was docketed on January 13, 2023, without the filing fee and without the case appeal statement. The court…

The court granted appellant's motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42(b) and dismissed the appeal. The order contains no substantive analysis and announces no rule of law. The underlying district court proceeding…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's discretionary family-law determinations deferentially. Best-interest determinations are "reviewed deferentially" (Davis v. Ewalefo, 131 Nev. 445, 450, 352 P.3d 1139,…

This is a clerk's order of dismissal for failure to comply with NRAP 3(e) and the court's subsequent orders. The appeal was docketed November 15, 2022, without the filing fee. The court issued a 14-day cure notice the…

The court dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction based on an untimely notice of appeal. Under NRAP 4(a)(1), the notice of appeal was due 30 days after service of the notice of entry of the challenged order. The…

The court evaluated appellate jurisdiction sua sponte after docketing-statement review. Under NRAP 3A(b)(1), a decree of divorce is appealable as a final judgment only if it "disposes of all the issues presented in the…

This is an unpublished order dismissing a pro se appeal from a postjudgment order denying a motion to set aside a child-custody order. The dismissal rests on the appellant's failure to file a docketing statement and…

The court reviewed jurisdiction sua sponte under NRAP 3(g) and concluded the notice of appeal was untimely under NRAP 4(a). The notice was filed after a timely tolling motion for reconsideration under NRAP 4(a)(4) but…

The court applied settled writ-relief standards. The party seeking writ relief bears the burden of demonstrating its propriety, Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004), and the…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to pay the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e) or, in the alternative, to demonstrate compliance with NRAP 24. The court issued a 14-day notice to cure on the…

The court reviewed the child custody order, the child support and relocation decisions, and the attorney fees award all for abuse of discretion, citing Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996);…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the child custody order, child support determination, relocation question, and attorney fees award for abuse of discretion. *Wallace v. Wallace*, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's custody decree, including parenting time, for abuse of discretion. Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996). Factual findings are reviewed for…

This appeal arose from the denial of Victor's motion seeking NRCP 60(b) relief from the district court's order modifying the parties' custodial designation from joint physical custody to primary physical custody for…

**NRCP 60(a).** The court reviewed the denial of clerical-correction relief for abuse of discretion. Mack v. Estate of Mack, 125 Nev. 80, 93, 206 P.3d 98, 107 (2009); Frontier Ins. Serv., Inc. v. State, 109 Nev. 231,…

The court addressed appellate jurisdiction under NRAP 4(a)(6), which provides that a timely tolling motion terminates the 30-day appeal period and renders ineffective any notice of appeal filed after the tolling motion…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's denial of a motion to modify custody without an evidentiary hearing for abuse of discretion, citing Bautista v. Picone, 134 Nev. 334, 338, 419 P.3d 157, 160 (2018), and…

The court dismissed the 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 after notice. The court issued its deficiency notice on October 21, 2022, gave…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the child custody modification for an abuse of discretion, noting that "the district court must have reached its conclusions for the appropriate reasons." Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145,…

The Court of Appeals reviewed both the custody modification and the relocation determination for abuse of discretion. Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007) (custody); Flynn v. Flynn, 120 Nev.…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with the filing-fee requirement of NRAP 3(e) and the in forma pauperis procedure of NRAP 24. After the appeal was docketed without payment, the…

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) after notice and a 14-day…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's decision not to hold an evidentiary hearing before denying a motion to modify custody for abuse of discretion, citing Bautista v. Picone, 134 Nev. 334, 338, 419 P.3d…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's evidentiary and custody rulings for abuse of discretion. It applied the standard that "[a]n abuse of discretion occurs when a district court's decision is not supported…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's custody determinations for abuse of discretion. Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 428, 216 P.3d 213, 226 (2009), overruled on other grounds by Romano v. Romano, 138 Nev.,…

The court reviewed jurisdiction sua sponte under NRAP 3(g) and found the notice of appeal untimely under NRAP 4(a)(1), as computed in conjunction with NRAP 26(c). Service of written notice of entry of the divorce decree…

This is a pro se appeal from a district court order denying a motion for relief under NRCP 60(b) issued by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Court Division. The appeal was subject to fast track procedures.…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the custody modification for abuse of discretion, subject to the requirement that "the district court must have reached its conclusions for the appropriate reasons." Ellis v. Carucci, 123…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's child custody modification for an abuse of discretion, subject to the requirement that "the district court must have reached its conclusions for the appropriate…

The panel addressed three issues under differing standards of review. **Constitutional claims (de novo).** Constitutional challenges are reviewed de novo. Callie v. Bowling, 123 Nev. 181, 183, 160 P.3d 878, 879 (2007).…

This is a procedural dismissal under NRAP 3E(i) for failure to file a fast track statement in a child custody/support appeal. The clerk issued the standard notice on April 13, 2022, setting a May 23, 2022 deadline for…

The court reviewed the procedural due process challenge de novo under Callie v. Bowling, 123 Nev. 181, 183, 160 P.3d 878, 879 (2007), and concluded that conducting trial on the noticed date did not violate due process…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's decisions in divorce proceedings for abuse of discretion, citing Williams v. Williams, 120 Nev. 559, 566, 97 P.3d 1124, 1129 (2004), and reviewed the child custody…

The Court of Appeals reviewed a family court child custody decree under the abuse-of-discretion standard, citing Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241-42 (2007). Custody determinations are affirmed if…

The court addressed a petition for extraordinary writ relief under the familiar framework: mandamus is available to compel an act the law requires as a duty or to control an arbitrary or capricious exercise of…

Following a remand under NRAP 12A(b) to allow the district court to set aside the decree of divorce and reopen discovery, the appellant failed to comply with two successive orders from the Nevada Supreme Court directing…

**Custody (three boys).** The court reviewed the custody determination for a clear abuse of discretion, citing Rico v. Rodriguez, 121 Nev. 695, 701, 120 P.3d 812, 816 (2005). It recognized the rebuttable presumption…

The standard of review throughout is abuse of discretion. The court reviews child custody decisions for abuse of discretion and affirms if supported by substantial evidence, meaning evidence a reasonable person may…

The court reviewed evidentiary, custody, and child-support rulings for abuse of discretion, applying the standard that a court abuses its discretion when "no reasonable judge could reach a similar conclusion under the…

The court applied the two-part termination framework under NRS 128.105(1) and In re Termination of Parental Rights as to N.J., 116 Nev. 790, 800-01, 8 P.3d 126, 132-33 (2000), requiring clear and convincing evidence of…