PEARSON VS. PEARSON (FAMILY)
25-43915 · 89504 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA) · October 7, 2025
Disposition:Appeal dismissed.Other Family LawPosture Appellant Jon Pearson filed an unopposed motion for voluntary dismissal of his appeal in a family-law matter involving respondent Melissa Pearson. The Nevada Supreme Court granted the motion and dismissed the appeal pursuant to NRAP 42.
Key holdings
Practitioner summary
The court granted appellant's unopposed motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42 and dismissed the appeal. The order contains no substantive analysis, no statement of facts, and no discussion of the underlying district court proceedings before Hon. Regina M. McConnell. Settlement Judge Ara H. Shirinian is noted in the certificate of service, suggesting the matter went through the Supreme Court Settlement Program, but the order does not address whether the dismissal followed a settlement.
In plain language
This is a one-page clerk's order ending an appeal before the Nevada Supreme Court ever reached the merits. Jon Pearson had appealed a decision from the Eighth Judicial District Court's Family Division. He then asked the Supreme Court to dismiss his own appeal, and the other side did not object. The court granted that request and closed the case. Because the appeal was withdrawn voluntarily, the order does not discuss the underlying family-law dispute, the lower court's ruling, or any legal issues. Nothing in this order changes Nevada law or decides anything about the parties' rights beyond ending the appeal itself.
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