Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.

The court dismissed the appeal on jurisdictional grounds without reaching the merits. Two independent defects supported dismissal. First, the notice of appeal was untimely under NRAP 4(a)(1) and NRAP 26(c). Written…

The court applied the settled rule that its appellate jurisdiction is limited to appeals authorized by statute or court rule. See Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013) ("[This court]…

The court applied the settled rule that appellate jurisdiction in Nevada is limited to appeals "authorized by statute or court rule," quoting Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…

This is an order of dismissal for failure to prosecute following counsel's withdrawal. After granting appellant's counsel's motion to withdraw on June 27, 2025, the court directed appellant within 30 days to retain new…

The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with the procedural prerequisites set out in NRAP 3(d) (proof of service of the notice of appeal) and NRAP 3(e) (filing fee), or alternatively to…

The Court of Appeals addressed an original emergency petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a divorce decree and an order denying a motion for a change of venue. The court set out the governing framework: mandamus…

The court disposed of the appeal on appellant's unopposed motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42. The order is a clerk's order containing no substantive analysis, no statement of facts, no standard of review, and…

This is a clerk-level dismissal for failure to comply with the docketing prerequisites of NRAP 3. The appeal was docketed July 22, 2025, without the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e) and without proof of service of the…

This is an original writ proceeding. The petitioner sought a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging various orders in a child custody and support matter. The Court of Appeals set out the governing standards:…

The court applied the familiar standard that writ relief is extraordinary and discretionary, and that the petitioner bears the burden of demonstrating entitlement to such relief. Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev.…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to pay the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e) and failure to comply with NRAP 24 within the 14-day period set by the court's notice. The opinion…

The court dismissed this pro se appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Under NRAP 3(c)(1)(B), a notice of appeal must designate the judgment or order being appealed. The court found that Cooper's notice of appeal…

This is a procedural dismissal for failure to prosecute a pro se appeal. The court recounted a sequence of compliance failures: a February 20, 2025 notice setting a 21-day deadline for the docketing statement and a…

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 requiring payment or compliance with…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal for failure to comply with the filing-fee requirement of NRAP 3(e). After docketing on June 23, 2025, the court issued a 14-day notice requiring payment or a showing of…

The clerk's order dismisses the appeal for failure to pay the filing fee or comply with NRAP 24, citing NRAP 3(e) (filing fee requirement) and NRAP 3(a)(2) (authority to dismiss for noncompliance). The court issued a…

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…

This is an original proceeding on an emergency petition for a writ of mandamus challenging district court orders that denied a motion to recuse and held a hearing in abeyance in a family law matter. The Court of Appeals…

The court dismissed the appeal for want of appellate jurisdiction. Reaffirming the principle that the Nevada Supreme Court "may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule," the court held that an…

The court dismissed the appeal for failure to comply with NRAP 3(e), which governs the filing fee and in forma pauperis procedure on appeal. After issuing a May 2, 2025 order directing appellant within 30 days to pay…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the denial of a NRCP 60(b)(3) motion for abuse of discretion, citing Vargas v. J Morales Inc., 138 Nev. 384, 387, 510 P.3d 777, 780 (2022) ("The district court has wide discretion to grant…

This is an original emergency writ proceeding in which the petitioner sought a writ of mandamus disqualifying the district court judge presiding over his family law case. The Court of Appeals set out the governing…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal for failure to comply with the filing-fee requirement. Per NRAP 3(e), payment of the filing fee is required upon docketing. After appellant failed to pay or to demonstrate…

The Court of Appeals addressed an original writ petition seeking mandamus and/or prohibition. It set out the governing framework: mandamus is available to compel the performance of an act the law requires as a duty…

This is an administrative dismissal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with the docketing prerequisites of NRAP 3(d) (proof of service of the notice of appeal) and NRAP 3(e) (filing fee), with NRAP 24 governing…

The court construed appellant's notice of withdrawal as a motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42 and granted it, dismissing the appeal. No merits analysis, standard of review, or doctrinal discussion is presented…

The court applied the threshold rule that appellate jurisdiction in Nevada is limited to appeals "authorized by statute or court rule," citing Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…

This is an order of dismissal for failure to prosecute. The Supreme Court tracked appellant's noncompliance with NRAP 9 (transcript request) and NRAP 14(b) (docketing statement), as well as the briefing schedule…

The court reiterated the foundational rule that appellate jurisdiction in Nevada is limited to appeals "authorized by statute or court rule," quoting Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851…

The court reiterated the threshold jurisdictional principle that it "may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule," quoting Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…

The court conducted a sua sponte jurisdictional review of the notices of appeal and related filings. Although the challenged district court order encompassed child custody matters, the court took appellant at his word:…

The court dismissed sua sponte for want of appellate jurisdiction after screening the notice of appeal. Two independent grounds supported dismissal. First, the order on appeal was a minute order. Citing Division of…

This is an unpublished order dismissing an appeal for failure to prosecute following counsel's withdrawal. After granting counsel's motion to withdraw on February 12, 2025, the court ordered appellant to retain…

The court reiterated the threshold jurisdictional principle that it "may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule," quoting Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…

The court reiterated the established framework for original writ practice. Mandamus is available "to compel the performance of an act that the law requires as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station or to…

The court dismissed sua sponte for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Citing NRAP 3A(b), the court held that a post-judgment vexatious litigant order is not independently appealable under the rule or any statute. The court…

The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed this appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to pay the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e). After docketing on March 6, 2025, the clerk issued a 14-day notice to cure by paying the fee or…

The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed this pro se appeal from a post-divorce decree fee-and-costs order for failure to prosecute. After issuing a November 27, 2024 notice setting deadlines for a transcript request form (or…

The court dismissed the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Under NRAP 4(a)(1), a notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after service of written notice of entry of the order being appealed, with 3…

The court applied the settled rule that Nevada appellate jurisdiction exists only where authorized by statute or court rule. See Taylor Constr. Co. v. Hilton Hotels Corp., 100 Nev. 207, 209, 678 P.2d 1152, 1153 (1984).…

The court granted appellant's motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42(b) and dismissed the appeal. The order contains no substantive analysis, no statement of facts, no procedural history beyond the motion, and no…

This is a procedural dismissal of a pro se appeal from a final child custody order. The court invoked NRAP 14 (docketing statement) and NRAP 9(a) (transcript request) as the bases for the filings the appellant was…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal and cross-appeal upon the stipulation of the parties. The court invoked NRAP 42 as the basis for dismissal. The order recites that dismissal follows "the stipulation of the…

The court analyzed substantive appealability and standing as separate questions. On appealability, the court reiterated that "[t]he substantive appealability of a district court order is not determined by the issues an…

This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal pursuant to a stipulation of the parties under NRAP 42. The court did not reach the merits and announced no substantive rule of law. The order recites that, per the…

This is an order dismissing an original writ proceeding based on a stipulation of the parties. The petitioner sought extraordinary relief in the form of a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition. Rather than reaching the…

The court dismissed a pro se appeal from a divorce decree and post-decree order for failure to prosecute. After issuing a notice on October 14, 2024, setting deadlines for the docketing statement (21 days), transcript…

The Court of Appeals addressed a petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging the family court's jurisdiction to enforce a property settlement agreement. The court set out the governing framework: mandamus…

Stojack sought traditional mandamus relief from the denial of a motion to disclose his minor child's therapy records. The court recited the governing framework: mandamus is available "to compel the performance of an act…

The court addressed jurisdiction over a prematurely filed notice of appeal in a divorce matter. Construing Popelkova's August 2024 notice of appeal from an unappealable interlocutory order, the court held it "may…