Nevada family-law case summaries

This is a short procedural order, not a decision about who was right on the underlying family dispute. The court never reached the merits of the case. When someone appeals a lower-court decision to the Nevada Supreme Court, they must file certain paperwork to get the appeal moving. Here, on April 17, 2026, the court sent the appellant, Julia Guadalupe Garcia, a notice telling her to file and serve a "transcript request form or certificate of no transcript request" (documents that tell the court whether she wants written records of what was said in the lower court) within 14 days, and to file a "docketing statement" (a form giving the court basic information about the appeal) within 21 days. When those documents were not filed, the court issued a second order on May 18, 2026, giving her a new deadline of June 1, 2026, and warning her that if she did not comply, the appeal could be dismissed. According to the order, the appellant still had not filed the required documents. Because of this, the court concluded that she "has abandoned this appeal" and dismissed it. In other words, the appeal ended not because of any ruling on the family-law issues, but because the required procedural steps were not completed.