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LANCASTER VS. BAUERLE (FAMILY)

25-42857 · 91368 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA) · October 1, 2025

Disposition:Appeal dismissed.Other Family Law

Posture Appellant Terrell Avalon Lancaster filed an appeal in a family-law matter involving respondents Kenita Lamar Bauerle and the Clark County District Attorney Family Support Division. Appellant subsequently filed a notice of withdrawal of the appeal, and the Nevada Supreme Court entered this clerk's order dismissing the appeal pursuant to NRAP 42.

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Key holdings

- An appeal will be dismissed pursuant to NRAP 42 upon the appellant's notice of withdrawal of appeal.

Practitioner summary

The court dismissed the appeal on the appellant's own notice of withdrawal under NRAP 42. The order is a clerk's order containing no merits analysis, no standard of review, and no doctrinal discussion. The dismissal terminates appellate review and leaves the underlying district court ruling in place.

In plain language

This is a one-paragraph administrative order from the Nevada Supreme Court closing out an appeal. The person who filed the appeal, Terrell Avalon Lancaster, told the court he no longer wished to pursue it. When an appellant withdraws an appeal, the court's rules allow it to be dismissed without any decision on the merits - that is, without the court ruling on who was right or wrong in the underlying family-support dispute. The court did exactly that here, citing Nevada Rule of Appellate Procedure 42, the rule that governs voluntary dismissal of appeals. Because the appeal was withdrawn, the order does not address the underlying family-court ruling, the parties' arguments, or any legal issues. The lower court's decision stands undisturbed.

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