DIEZ VS. ALVAREZ (CHILD CUSTODY)

23-02109 · 85222 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA) · January 23, 2023

Disposition:Appeal dismissed.Custody & Relocation

Posture Appellant Chastity Destinee Diez filed an appeal in a child custody matter involving respondent Tobias Daniel Alvarez. Diez subsequently moved for voluntary dismissal of the appeal.

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Key holdings

- A voluntary motion to dismiss an appeal under NRAP 42(b) may be granted upon cause appearing.

Practitioner summary

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 was before Judge Michele Mercer in the Family Court Division of the Eighth Judicial District.

In plain language

This is a one-paragraph order from the Nevada Supreme Court closing out an appeal in a child custody case. The person who filed the appeal, Chastity Destinee Diez, asked the court to dismiss her own appeal voluntarily. The court granted that request and dismissed the appeal. The order does not discuss the underlying custody dispute or decide any legal issue about custody.

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