FOSTER VS. STEELE (FAMILY)

Key holdings

• -The appeal is dismissed because appellant did not pay the requisite filing fee despite notice and an order directing payment. See NRAP 3(a)(2).

Practitioner summary

This is an order dismissing an appeal for failure to pay the required filing fee. The appeal was docketed on May 12, 2026, without payment of the requisite filing fee. See NRAP 3(e). The court recounts that, on the docketing date, it issued a notice directing appellant to pay the required filing fee or demonstrate compliance with NRAP 24 within 14 days, cautioning that failure to comply would result in dismissal. When the fee remained unpaid, the court entered a further order on July 6, 2026, directing payment within 14 days and again cautioning that noncompliance would result in dismissal. Because appellant had not paid the filing fee as of the order's issuance, the court dismissed the appeal. See NRAP 3(a)(2). The order applies the procedural fee-payment requirements rather than addressing any substantive issue in the underlying family matter.

In plain language

This is a very short procedural order, not a decision about the merits of any underlying family-law dispute. Edward Foster filed an appeal against Amy Steele, who was formerly known as Amy Foster. When someone starts an appeal, the court requires a filing fee to be paid. According to the order, Foster's appeal was placed on the court's docket on May 12, 2026, but the required filing fee was not paid. That same day, the court sent Foster a notice telling him to either pay the fee or show that he qualified to proceed without paying it, and gave him 14 days to do so. The notice warned that if he did not comply, the appeal would be dismissed. Because the fee still had not been paid, the court entered another order on July 6, 2026, again directing Foster to pay the filing fee within 14 days and again warning that failure to comply would result in dismissal. The order states that, as of the date it was issued, Foster had still not paid the filing fee. As a result, the court dismissed the appeal. The order does not discuss the facts of the family dispute or reach any conclusion about who should win it.