SAMAAN VS. SAMAAN (FAMILY)

Key holdings

Practitioner summary

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal and cross-appeal in a family-division matter pursuant to the parties' stipulation. The court acted under NRAP 42, which governs voluntary dismissal of appeals. The order recites that dismissal follows "the stipulation of the parties and cause appearing." Because the disposition rests on the parties' stipulated dismissal, the order announces no substantive rule and applies no standard of review to the merits. The court further ordered that "[t]he parties shall bear their own costs and attorney fees." The opinion does not identify the underlying district-court order, the issues presented on appeal or cross-appeal, or any doctrinal analysis.

In plain language

This is a very short order from the Nevada Supreme Court in a family-law case between Brandi A. Samaan and Ramy F. Samaan. One party had appealed, and the other had filed a cross-appeal (a counter-appeal by the opposing party in the same case). Before the court decided the merits, the two parties reached an agreement to end the appeal. This kind of agreement is called a stipulation - a joint request by both sides asking the court to take a particular action. Based on that stipulation, the court dismissed both the appeal and the cross-appeal, meaning the case ends without a ruling on the issues that were raised. The court also directed that each side pay its own court costs and attorney fees, rather than requiring one party to reimburse the other. The order does not explain what the underlying dispute was about or how the family court below had ruled.