IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO: R.R.R.J.L., III (FAMILY)
Posture Appellant Rishard'Dnae C. docketed an appeal in a parental rights matter on June 23, 2025, without paying the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e). The Nevada Supreme Court issued a notice the same day directing appellant either to pay the fee or to demonstrate compliance with NRAP 24 within 14 days, warning that noncompliance would result in dismissal.
Key holdings
Practitioner summary
The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with NRAP 3(e)'s filing fee requirement. After docketing on June 23, 2025, the clerk issued a 14-day notice to cure by paying the fee or establishing in forma pauperis status under NRAP 24. Appellant did not respond, and the court dismissed accordingly. The order contains no merits analysis.
In plain language
This is a very short procedural order from the Nevada Supreme Court, not a ruling on the merits of any parental rights question. When someone files an appeal, court rules require them to pay a filing fee or, if they cannot afford it, to follow a specific procedure to ask the court to waive the fee (that procedure is set out in a rule called NRAP 24). Here, the appellant filed an appeal involving a minor child but did not pay the filing fee. The court sent a notice giving the appellant 14 days to either pay or show that they qualified to proceed without paying. The appellant did neither and did not respond to the notice at all. Because of that, the court dismissed the appeal. The order does not discuss the underlying parental rights case or decide anything about the parent-child relationship; it ends the appeal solely because of the unpaid fee and lack of response.
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