IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
DEBORAH CLAIR THOMAS, No. 82260
Appellant,
vs. JD FILE
TIMOTHY WARD,
Res ondent.
MAR 0 2021
A. BROWN
CLERK OF
DY
CLERK
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a pro se appeal from a district court order regarding a
motion for order to show cause and awarding attorney fees. Eighth Judicial
District Court, Clark County; Rhonda Kay Forsberg, Judge.
Review of the notice of appeal and documents before this court
reveals a jurisdictional defect. The challenged order regarding fees and
costs does not appear to be substantively appealable. NRAP 3A(b)(8)
permits an appeal from a special order after final judgment, which is an
order that affects the rights of any party growing out of the final judgment.
Gumm v. Mainor,
(2002). Here, the challenged
order awards fees and costs related to appellant's filing of a motion for order
to show cause, and does not affect the rights of the parties arising from the
final judgment regarding custody. Thus, the order is not appealable as a
special order after final judgment, and no other statute or court rule
appears to authorize an appeal from this order. See Brown v. MHC
Stagecoach, LLC,
(2013) (this court
SUPREME COURT
OF
NEVADA
(0) (947A arap t, osci
"may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule"). This court
lacks jurisdiction and
ORDERS this appeal DISMISSED.
40,
, J.
Cadish
J.
Pickering Herndon
cc: Hon. Rhonda Kay Forsberg, District Judge
Deborah Clair Thomas
Timothy Ward
Eighth District Court Clerk
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