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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
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3 results for “NRAP 3A(b)(8)” in Child Welfare
IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF WITTLER
Aug 1, 201919-32345 · 76948 · Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal dismissed.The opinion is a jurisdictional dismissal addressing whether a district court order extending a temporary guardianship and denying a motion to dismiss is independently appealable. Appellate jurisdiction in Nevada exists…
IN RE: A.T., A MINOR (FAMILY)
Jun 12, 202525-26203 · 89128 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition denied.Standard of review and writ jurisdiction. The court reviewed statutory interpretation de novo, citing Hobbs v. State, 127 Nev. 234, 237, 251 P.3d 177, 179 (2011). Mandamus is available to compel a duty or control a…
WASHOE CTY. HUMAN SERVS. AGENCY VS. DIST. CT. (C.-S.)
Dec 29, 202222-40818 · 83422 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition denied.The court (Hardesty, C.J., for an en banc court) addressed two threshold issues — writ jurisdiction and mootness — before reaching a substantive due process question. Writ jurisdiction. Citing NRS 34.170, In re William…
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