YOUNG VS. YOUNG (CHILD CUSTODY)

In plain language

This is a one-page clerk's order ending an appeal before the Nevada Supreme Court ever reached the merits. The appellant - the party who had asked the higher court to review a lower-court decision in a child custody case - decided she no longer wished to pursue the appeal. She filed a notice withdrawing it. Under the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure, a party who has filed an appeal can ask the court to dismiss it voluntarily. The Supreme Court granted that request and closed the case. The order does not describe the underlying custody dispute, the trial court's ruling, or the reasons for the withdrawal.

Holdings

• -An appeal is dismissed upon the appellant's notice of withdrawal and motion for voluntary dismissal under NRAP 42(b).

Practitioner analysis

The court granted appellant's motion to voluntarily dismiss her appeal pursuant to NRAP 42(b). The order contains no substantive analysis and no discussion of the underlying child custody proceedings before the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division (Hon. Michele Mercer). The dismissal terminates appellate review without any merits ruling.