CHAMBERS VS. CHAMBERS (FAMILY)

Key holdings

Practitioner summary

This is a clerk's order of dismissal for failure to prosecute the appeal by paying the filing fee. The court recites the procedural sequence: a December 8, 2025 order directing the district court to rule on the pending NRAP 24 application; the district court's denial of that application; a January 12, 2026 order from the Supreme Court giving appellant 30 days to pay the fee or move to proceed in forma pauperis in the Supreme Court; and appellant's failure to respond. Dismissal is entered pursuant to NRAP 3(a)(2).

In plain language

This is a short administrative order, not a ruling on the merits of any underlying dispute. When someone files an appeal in the Nevada Supreme Court, they generally must pay a filing fee. If they cannot afford it, they can ask to proceed "in forma pauperis" - that is, without paying the fee because of financial hardship. Here, the appellant filed her appeal without paying the fee. The Supreme Court directed the district court to rule on her in forma pauperis application, and the district court denied it. The Supreme Court then gave her 30 days, from a January 12, 2026 order, either to pay the fee or to file a new in forma pauperis motion directly with the Supreme Court. She was warned that not complying would end the appeal. She did neither. As a result, the court dismissed the appeal under the rule that allows dismissal when a party fails to pay the required fee.