September 29, 2022 | Category:
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PostOn September 29, 2022, the Reno Municipal Court issued Administrative Order (AO) 2022-02, which states that “if a person wishes to have more than one record sealed in the Reno Municipal Court, the person may, instead of filing a petition in each matter, file a petition for the sealing of all such records as long […]
September 27, 2022 | Category:
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PostOn August 17, 2022, the Nevada Supreme Court received a petition requesting the court consider amending the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure to include a rule regarding the placement of dependent children in a qualified residential treatment program. On Sept. 27, 2022, the court issued an order in ADKT 601 adopting the new rule as Rule 27 […]
September 15, 2022 | Category:
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PostOn Sept. 15, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued a press release reminding the public that the federal courts do not place phone calls or emails requesting money to avoid arrest. The press release was issued in response to a trending scam targeting citizens throughout the U.S., including Nevada. Scammers […]
September 2, 2022 | Category:
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PostOn September 1, 2022, the Eighth Judicial District Court issued Administrative Order (AO) 22-11, which reassigns MAT re-entry court cases. According to the order, “All MAT Re-Entry Court cases are reassigned from Department 2 to Department 1. Judge Yeager will be assisted in the handling of these matters by Hearing Master Claudi L. Romney.”
On August 30, 2022, the Nevada Supreme Court filed two petitions from the Las Vegas Township Justice Court, proposing amendments to, and enactment of a new rule, regarding the eviction process. ADKT 602 proposes changes to the Las Vegas Justice Court Local Rules of Practice 6.2 and 6.4, and the addition of new rule 6.8. […]
On August 26, 2022, the Las Vegas Township Justice Court filed Administrative Order (AO) 22-07, which supersedes AO 15-03 and assigns cases involving driving or operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance and vehicular crimes resulting in death or substantial bodily harm to a single department. Cases in which the defendants […]
On August 16, 2022, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an order in ADKT 0597 adopting a pilot program related to the unbundling of legal services in enumerated family court case types. The proposed amendments can be found in Exhibit A attached to the order. Also attached are a proposed notice of limited-scope representation (Exhibit B) and […]
On May 26, 2022, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an order in ADKT 0598 to conduct a public hearing to consider proposed Rules of Conduct for Lawyers Representing Children in Welfare Cases. The proposed Rules of Conduct can be found attached to the order as Exhibit A. A second hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 22, […]
On August 2, 2022, the Second Judicial District Court issued Administrative Order (AO) 2022-12, ending the district-wide Trial Stack Jury Trial Setting for its civil docket. Commencing with Trial Stack 19, on August 23, 2022, all trials will be reset on individual departments’ calendars for dates certain. The order states that, for all matters currently […]
On July 27, 2022, the Las Vegas Justice Court issued revised Administrative Order (AO) 22-07, which assigns certain vehicular crime cases to a single department. According to the order, its intent “is to limit the assignment of cases to this docket to those involving driving or operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol or […]
