VIVAS VS. RAMOS (CHILD CUSTODY)
24-25531 · 88917 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA) · July 22, 2024
Disposition:Appeal dismissed.Custody & RelocationPosture Stephanie Vivas docketed an appeal against David Ramos in a child custody matter on June 28, 2024, without paying the required filing fee. The Supreme Court issued a notice that same day directing her to pay the fee or 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 pay the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e) and for failure to demonstrate compliance with NRAP 24 (governing in forma pauperis proceedings) within the 14-day period set by the court's notice. The order reflects the court's standard enforcement of its filing-fee and notice-of-default procedures and contains no merits analysis.
In plain language
When someone files an appeal with the Nevada Supreme Court, they generally must pay a filing fee (or, if they cannot afford it, follow a specific procedure to ask the court to waive the fee). In this child custody case, Stephanie Vivas filed an appeal but did not pay the fee when she submitted her paperwork. The court promptly notified her that she had 14 days either to pay the fee or to follow the rule that allows people who cannot afford the fee to proceed without paying it. The notice warned that if she did neither, her appeal would be thrown out. According to the court's order, Vivas did not pay and did not respond. The court therefore dismissed her appeal. The dismissal is procedural - the court did not consider the merits of the underlying child custody dispute.
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