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Case Information

Filed 2024-08-26
Status Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Type Civil Appeal Family Law Parental Termination
Docket 65 entries
Disposition order the judgment

Docket Entries

  1. Filed Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk on December 9, 2025. (SC)
  2. Filed SEALED Notice of Appeal/Parental Termination/Counsel. Filed certified copy of notice of appeal. (J343794-P4) (SC)
  3. Filed SEALED Notice of Appeal/Parental Termination/Counsel. Filed certified copy of notice of appeal. (J343794-P5) (SC)
  4. Issued Notice to Pay Supreme Court Filing Fee. No action will be taken on this matter until filing fee is paid. Due Date: 7 days. (SC)
  5. Issued Notice of Mandatory Electronic Filing. All attorneys are required to file electronically. To: Steven Wolfson. (SC)
  6. Filing Fee Paid. $250.00 from Ford & Friedman LLC. Check no. 2075. (SC)
  7. Issued Notice Appeal Docketed Parental Termination with Counsel. Appeal Docketed. Transcript request due: 14 days; Docketing statement due: 21 days; Opening brief and appendix due: 90 days. (SC)
  8. Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: To Court Reporter: Appellant's Request for Transcripts (VanGundy)
  9. Filed Docketing Statement Civil Appeal. (SC)
  10. Filed Appellant's Streamlined Request for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief and Appendix (DISAPPROVED PER NOTICE FILED ON 11/18/24). (SC)
  11. Filed Disapprove Appellant's Streamlined Extension. Streamlined extension is disapproved. (SC)
  12. Filed Appellant's Motion to Extend Time to File Opening Brief and Appendix. (STRICKEN PER ORDER FILED ON 11/20/24) (SC)
  13. Filed Order Striking Deficient Document. Order Striking Deficient Motion to Extend Time to File Opening Brief and Appendix. Corrected Motion due: 7 days from the date of this order. (SC)
  14. Filed Appellant's Motion to Extend Time to File Opening Brief and Appendix. (SC)
  15. Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's opening brief and appendix due: December 19, 2024. (SC)
  16. Filed Appellant's Alphabetical Index to Appendix to Opening Brief. (SC)
  17. Filed Appellant's Chronological Index to Appendix to Opening Brief. (SC)
  18. Filed Appellant's Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 1. (SC)
  19. Filed Appellant's Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 2. (SC)
  20. Filed Appellant's Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 3. (SC)
  21. Filed Appellant's Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 4. (SC)
  22. Filed Appellant's Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 5. (SC)
  23. Filed Appellant's Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 6. (SC)
  24. Filed Appellant's Appendix to Opening Brief - Vol. 7. (SC)
  25. Filed Appellant's Chronological Index to Appendix to Opening Brief. (SC)
  26. Filed Appellant's Alphabetical Index to Appendix to Opening Brief. (SC)
  27. Filed Appellant's Motion for Transmission of Video Record. (SC)
  28. Filed Appellant's Opening Brief. (SC)
  29. Filed Respondent's (Clark County Department of Family Services) Motion for Extension of Time to File Answering Brief and Appendix. (SC)
  30. Filed Order Granting Motions and to File Document. Appellant has filed a motion for transmission of a JAVS recording from a district court evidentiary hearing. The unopposed motion is granted. The district court clerk shall have 30 days from the date of this order to transmit to the clerk of this court the JAVS recording for the hearing on March 30, 2023, in Eighth Judicial District Court Case No. J-343794-P4 / J-343794-P5. The motion of respondent Clark County Department of Family Services (DFS) for an extension of time to file its answering brief is granted. DFS shall have until February 6, 2025, to file and serve its answering brief. Respondents R.B.J. and N.D.L.'s answering brief was due on January 9, 2025. To date, these respondents have failed to file an answering brief or otherwise communicate with this court. R.B.J. and N.D.L. shall have 7 days from the date of this order to file and serve an answering brief or inform this court, in writing, that they will not be filing an answering brief. (SC)
  31. Filed Notice of Appearance (Marina Dalia-Hunt, Esq. and Patrick Hirsch, Esq. of Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Inc. are appearing on behalf of N.D.L.) (SC)
  32. Filed Respondent's (R.B.J.) Joinder to Department of Family Services Answering Response. (STRICKEN PER ORDER FILED ON 1/24/25) (SC)
  33. Filed Respondent's (NDL) Answering Brief . (SC)
  34. Filed Order Striking Deficient Document. Order Striking Deficient Joinder from R.B.J. Corrected Joinder due: 7 days from the date of this order. (SC)
  35. Filed Respondent's Joinder Notice of CAP's Joinder to Clark County Department of Family Services. (SC)
  36. Filed Order. Pursuant to the notice of appearance filed on January 21, 2025, the clerk of this court shall add attorney Marina Dalia-Hunt of the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Inc., to the docket as counsel for respondent N.D.L. N.D.L.'s answering brief was filed on January 22, 2025. fn2[The answering brief's pages are improperly numbered. See NRAP 32(a)(4). However, this court elects to take no action on the deficiency at this time, but cautions counsel that non-conforming documents filed with this court may be stricken. See NRAP 32(e).] (SC)
  37. Filed Appellant's Reply Brief to N.D.L's Answering Brief. (SC)
  38. Filed Respondent's (Clark County Department of Family Services) Motion to Exceed Type-Volume Limitation for Answering Brief. (SC)
  39. Filed Respondent's (Clark County Department of Family Services) Answering Brief. (SC)
  40. Filed Respondent's (Clark County Department of Family Services) Alphabetical Index to Appendix to Answering Brief. (SC)
  41. Filed Respondent's (Clark County Department of Family Services) Chronological Index to Appendix to Answering Brief. (SC)
  42. Filed Respondent's (Clark County Department of Family Services) Appendix to Answering Brief - Vol. 1. (SC)
  43. Filed Respondent's Amended Certificate of Service. (SC)
  44. Filed Appellant's Motion to Extend Time for Reply Brief. (SC)
  45. Filed Respondent's (R.B.J.) Joinder to Department of Family Services Answering Brief. (SC)
  46. Filed Appellant's Appendix to Reply Brief - Vol. 1. (SC)
  47. Filed Alphabetical Index to Appendix to Reply Brief. (SC)
  48. Filed Chronological Index to Appendix to Reply Brief. (SC)
  49. Filed Appellant's Motion to Exceed Type Volume Limitations to Reply Brief. (SC)
  50. Filed Appellant's Reply Brief. (SC)
  51. Filed Order Granting Motions to Exceed Type-Volume Limitation, Granting Joinder to Answering Brief, and Granting Motion to Extend Time to File Reply Brief. Cause appearing, respondent Clark County Department of Family Services' motion for leave to file an answering brief with 3,228 words in excess of the type-volume limitation is granted. Thus, the answering brief filed on February 6, 2025, is accepted. Respondent R.B.J.'s motion for joinder to the Clark County Department of Family Services' answering brief is also granted. Additionally, cause appearing, appellant's motion for a 7-day extension of time to file the reply brief is granted. Appellant's motion for leave to file a reply brief with 2,270 words in excess of the type-volume limitation is also granted. The reply brief filed on February 27, 2025, is accepted. (SC)
  52. Briefing Completed/To Screening. (SC)
  53. Issued Notice of Modification of Caption. Parties are advised to notify this office in writing within 7 days if the caption as modified does not accurately reflect the status of the parties. (SC)
  54. Filed Response to Notice of Modification of Caption(SC)
  55. Filed Order. On April 28, 2025, this court entered a notice of modification of caption which removed N.D.L., a minor, as a respondent. N.D.L. submitted a response to the notice. Construing the request as a motion, it is granted. See NRAP 29; NRAP 2. N.D.L.'s brief and appellant's reply to the brief will be considered to the extent the briefs assist in the resolution of this appeal. (SC)
  56. Filed Order/Submit on Briefs. Cause appearing, oral argument will not be scheduled and this appeal shall stand submitted for decision before a panel of this court as of the date of this order on the briefs filed herein. (SC)
  57. Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED." A25-RP/LB/LS (SC)
  58. Filed Appellant's Petition for Rehearing. (SC)
  59. Appellant's Filing fee paid. E-Payment $150.00 from Matthew H. Friedman. (SC)
  60. Filed Order Denying Rehearing. "Rehearing Denied." NRAP 40(c). A25-RP/LB/LS (SC)
  61. Filed Appellant's Petition for En Banc Reconsideration. (SC)
  62. Filed Order Denying En Banc Reconsideration. En banc reconsideration denied NRAP 40A(a), (g). (SC).
  63. Issued Remittitur. (SC)
  64. Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.(SC)
  65. Issued Notice of Return of Records ***Original Exhibit***Exhibit: JAVS recording for the hearing on March 30, 2023 (CD). (SC)

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