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22 results for “NRS 34.170”
B.S. VS. DIST. CT. (SIMEK)
Apr 19, 202424-13806 · 88453 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition granted. Writ of mandamus issued.The Court considered the petition because no adequate legal remedy existed to challenge the denial of temporary guardianship. NRS 34.170. Mandamus relief is appropriate to compel performance of a legally required act or…
IN RE: MATTER OF N.R.R. AND N.I.R.
Dec 5, 2024140 Nev. Adv. Op. 77 (2024) · 88007 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition granted.Standard of review and writ framework. The court reviewed matters of statutory construction de novo, citing In re Guardianship of Rubin, 137 Nev. 288, 491 P.3d 1 (2021), and Manuela H. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 132 Nev.…
IN RE: MATTER OF J.B. (CHILD CUSTODY)
Nov 20, 202525-50796 · 90275 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition for a writ of mandamus granted.The Supreme Court entertained the original mandamus petition because placement orders are not appealable, consistent with In re Matter of J.B., 140 Nev., Adv. Op. 39, 550 P.3d 333, 337 (2024). On standing, the court…
DESTIN VS. DIST. CT. (HANDWERKER-LAMASTER) (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 28, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. 42 (2025) · 89114 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition denied.Standard of review. Mandamus may issue under NRS 34.160 to compel performance of an act the law requires, and under Nev. Const. art. 6, § 4. Relief is available only where the district court "manifestly abused [its]…
LUONG VS DIST. CT. (VAHEY)
Aug 29, 202222-27042 · 84743-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition granted in part and denied in part; writ of mandamus directed to issue, writ of prohibition denied.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…
B.S. VS. DIST. CT. (SIMEK)
Jun 27, 2024140 Nev. Adv. Op. 46 (2024) · 88453 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition granted.The court considered an emergency original petition for a writ of mandamus under NRS 34.160 and NRS 34.170, holding that no adequate legal remedy existed to challenge the denial of temporary guardianship and that the…
GUERIN VS. GUERIN (DIVORCE)
Feb 26, 1998114 Nev. 127, 953 P.2d 716 (1998) · 27042, 28354, 29297 · Nevada Supreme Court
Judgment in Docket No. 27042 reversed and remanded with instructions to set aside the decree; petition in Docket No. 28354 granted to the extent the district court's April 8, 1996 order affected the Hill Family Trust; orders in Docket No. 29297 affirmed.The court consolidated three matters. In the direct appeal (Docket No. 27042), the court held the default divorce decree's property division must be set aside under NRCP 60(b) because the decree was void. NRCP 55(b)(2)…
IN RE: A.T., A MINOR (FAMILY)
Jun 12, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. 32 (2025) · 89128 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition denied.Standard of review and writ jurisdiction. The court reviewed statutory interpretation de novo, citing Hobbs v. State, 127 Nev. 234, 237, 251 P.3d 177, 179 (2011). Mandamus is available to compel a duty or control a…
EINIGER VS. DIST. CT. (EINIGER) (FAMILY)
May 22, 202525-22827 · 90055-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition granted. The court directed the clerk to issue a writ of mandamus instructing the district court to comply with NRS 14.015(5) by ordering the expungement of the notice of lis pendens.This is an original writ proceeding. A writ of mandamus is available to compel the performance of an act the law requires or to control a manifest abuse or an arbitrary or capricious exercise of discretion (NRS 34.160;…
Friedman v. Eighth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Clark
Nov 23, 2011127 Nev. 842, 264 P.3d 1161 (2011) · 57245 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition granted.**Standard of review and writ standards.** Unless the jurisdictional facts are disputed — and they were not here — subject matter jurisdiction under the UCCJEA presents questions of law reviewed de novo. Ogawa v. Ogawa,…
SHAHROKHI VS. DIST. CT. (BURROW)
Jan 4, 202323-00198 · 85705 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition denied.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…
B.Y. AND A.F. VS. DIST. CT. (BURDISS)
Mar 8, 202424-08411 · 88027 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition granted in part. Writ of mandamus issued directing the district court to reconsider the petition for temporary guardianship on an expedited basis.The Court reviewed the denial of an ex parte temporary-guardianship petition through original writ jurisdiction, concluding no adequate legal remedy existed to challenge the denial. NRS 34.170. Relief is warranted upon…
Bradford v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct.
Aug 29, 2013129 Nev. 584, 308 P.3d 122 (2013) · 61129 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition denied.The court's consideration of extraordinary writ relief is discretionary. Int'l Game Tech., Inc. v. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 124 Nev. 193, 198, 179 P.3d 556, 559 (2008). Writ relief is available only "when there is…
ANDERSON-ALEXANDER VS. DIST. CT. (MOTEN, III) (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 11, 202525-30244 · 90926-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition denied.This is an original proceeding seeking a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging a district court custody order. The court set out the governing framework for extraordinary writ relief. A writ of mandamus is…
IN RE: MATTER OF J.B.
Jun 13, 2024140 Nev. Adv. Op. 39 (2024) · 87588 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition granted.The Court reviewed an unappealable district court placement order through original mandamus jurisdiction under NRS 34.160 and NRS 34.170, citing Int'l Game Tech., Inc. v. Second Jud. Dist. Ct., 124 Nev. 193, 197, 179…
MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF N.S. (GUARDIANSHIP)
Mar 16, 2006122 Nev. 305, 130 P.3d 657 (2006) · 43919, 45415 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petitions granted. The court directed issuance of a writ of mandamus ordering the district court to vacate its orders denying the guardianship and visitation petitions and to reconsider them consistent with the opinion.These were consolidated original petitions for writs of mandamus challenging denial of a maternal grandmother's guardianship and visitation petitions arising in NRS Chapter 432B abuse and neglect proceedings. Mandamus…
B.Y. AND A.F. VS. DIST. CT. (BURDISS)
Apr 25, 2024140 Nev. Adv. Op. 32 (2024) · 88027 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition granted in part.The court treated this as an emergency original writ proceeding because no adequate legal remedy existed to challenge denial of temporary guardianship. NRS 34.170. Mandamus review applies the…
WASHOE CTY. HUMAN SERVS. AGENCY VS. DIST. CT. (C.-S.)
Dec 29, 202222-40818 · 83422 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition denied.The court (Hardesty, C.J., for an en banc court) addressed two threshold issues — writ jurisdiction and mootness — before reaching a substantive due process question. Writ jurisdiction. Citing NRS 34.170, In re William…
SIELER VS. DIST. CT. (SIELER) (FAMILY)
Apr 17, 202626-17685 · 91402 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition denied.The court reiterated the familiar standards governing extraordinary writ relief under NRS 34.170 and NRS 34.330: the petitioner bears the burden to demonstrate that writ relief is warranted, and such relief is available…
NESTER VS. DIST. CT. (GAMBLE)
Jan 30, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. 4 (2025) · 88597 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition granted.Standard of review. Mandamus is available to compel performance of a legally required act or to control an arbitrary or capricious exercise of discretion. IGT v. Second Jud. Dist. Ct., 124 Nev. 193, 197, 179 P.3d 556,…
BLACKWOOD VS. DIST. CT. (BLACKWOOD) (CHILD CUSTODY)
Sep 8, 202525-39071 · 91215 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition denied.The court applied the established mandamus framework. A writ of mandamus is available to compel a legally required act or to control a manifest abuse of discretion, Halverson v. Miller, 124 Nev. 484, 487, 186 P.3d 893,…
FALCONI VS. DIST. CT. (MINTER)
Feb 15, 2024140 Nev. Adv. Op. 8, 543 P.3d 92 (2024) · 85195 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition granted.The court exercised its discretion to entertain an original writ petition under NRS 34.160 and NRS 34.170, citing Gardner v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 133 Nev. 730, 405 P.3d 651 (2017); Int'l Game Tech., Inc. v. Second…
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