BACOTE VS. GOODWIN (CHILD CUSTODY)

26-02858 · 91620 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA) · January 20, 2026

Disposition:Appeal dismissed.Custody & Relocation

Posture Appellant Terrance Bacote filed an appeal in a child custody matter involving respondent Kaylee Goodwin. Appellant moved for voluntary dismissal of the appeal. The Nevada Supreme Court granted the motion under NRAP 42.

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Key holdings

- An appellant's motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42 was granted and the appeal dismissed. - The portion of the court's prior January 14, 2026, order directing the district court to enter a written order on the pending motion to reconsider was vacated in light of the dismissal.

Practitioner summary

The court granted appellant's motion for voluntary dismissal pursuant to NRAP 42 and dismissed the appeal. As a consequence of the dismissal, the court vacated the portion of its January 14, 2026, order that had directed the district court to enter a written order resolving a motion to reconsider pending below. The order contains no merits analysis.

In plain language

This is a brief administrative order ending an appeal in a child custody case. The person who filed the appeal, Terrance Bacote, asked the Nevada Supreme Court to drop his own appeal. The court agreed and dismissed it. The court also took one additional housekeeping step. On January 14, 2026, it had ordered the district court to enter a written order on a motion to reconsider that was pending in the lower court. Because the appeal is now over, the court vacated (cancelled) that portion of its earlier order. The order does not address the underlying merits of the custody dispute.

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