Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.

The court conducted a jurisdictional review of four post-decree orders identified in the case appeal statement, dismissing the appeal in full for lack of appellate jurisdiction. As to the November 29, 2022 order, the…

Appellate jurisdiction. The court reiterated that it has jurisdiction only where an appeal is authorized by statute or court rule, citing Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…

The court conducted a sua sponte jurisdictional review. Appellate jurisdiction in Nevada exists only where authorized by statute or court rule. See Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851…

The court dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction, addressing each challenged order in turn. As to the November 29, 2022, order, the court reiterated its earlier ruling in Docket No. 86131 that the order is…

The Court of Appeals addressed appellate jurisdiction on its own initiative through a show cause order, applying Nevada's finality rules to a post-divorce-decree custody context. The dispositive question was whether the…

The Court first addressed appellate jurisdiction. Citing NRAP 3A(b)(8), the Court held the order setting aside the divorce decree was a special order after final judgment and therefore appealable. See Brown v. MHC…

The court applied the rule that appellate jurisdiction exists only when authorized by statute or court rule, citing Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013). Two potential bases for…

The court addressed appellate jurisdiction sua sponte by issuing an order to show cause. Rodriguez asserted jurisdiction under NRAP 3A(b)(8) as a special order entered after final judgment, contending that the…

The court reviewed the district court's custody and parenting-time determinations for abuse of discretion. Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007); see also Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019,…

Jurisdiction. The court first addressed appellate jurisdiction. It held that the order denying modification of the divorce decree was reviewable as a special order after final judgment under NRAP 3A(b)(8), citing Burton…

The court addressed jurisdiction, then reached the merits of three challenges. As to jurisdiction over the order setting a vexatious litigant hearing, the court held that no statute or court rule authorizes an appeal…

The court dismissed the appeal on two independent jurisdictional/justiciability grounds. First, as to the June 18, 2024 custody order, the appeal is untimely. Notice of entry was served June 19, 2024. Jones filed a…

**Standard of review.** The court reviewed the custody and relocation determination for abuse of discretion, noting that district courts enjoy "broad discretionary powers to determine child custody matters," which will…

The court reviewed the district court's child custody determinations for an abuse of discretion, citing Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007). On the timeshare modification, the court applied the…

The Court of Appeals reviewed the child custody determination for abuse of discretion under Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007). It applied the two-part framework from Romano v. Romano, 138…