Case Information: 89755
Short Caption:	SMITH VS. SMITH (CHILD CUSTODY)	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	89755-COA, 91182
Lower Court Case(s):	Nye Co. - Fifth Judicial District - CV24-0199	Classification:	Civil Appeal - Family Law - Fast Track Child Custody/Proper Person
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:		How Submitted:
	Expedited

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	Ronald Lee Smith	In Proper Person
Respondent	Rachel Smith	In Proper Person

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
12/10/2024	Filing Fee	Filing Fee Waived. In Forma Pauperis. (SC)
12/10/2024	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal/Proper Person. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (SC)		24-47105
12/10/2024	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice Regarding Deadlines/Fast Track Child Custody. Transcript request form due: 14 days; Docketing statement due: 21 days; Fast Track Opening/Informal brief due: 60 days.(SC)		24-47107
12/24/2024	Transcript Request	Filed Appellant's Certificate of No Transcript Request. (SC)		24-49618
12/27/2024	Notice/Incoming	Filed Respondent's Notice of Withdrawal Arlette P. NewVine as Attorney of Record for Respondent(SC)		24-50059
12/28/2024	Docketing Statement	Filed Docketing Statement. (SC) (STRICKEN PER 12/31/24 ORDER)
12/31/2024	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Striking Deficient Document. Order Striking Deficient Docketing Statement. Corrected Docketing Statement due: 14 days. (SC).		24-50653
01/09/2025	Docketing Statement	Filed Appellant's Docketing Statement Civil. (SC)		25-01258
01/09/2025	Notice/Incoming	Filed Appellant's Corrected Docketing Statement with Certificate of Service. (SC)		25-01261
01/17/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion to Withdraw. Arlette P. Newvine has filed a notice of withdrawal of attorney for respondent Rachel Smith, noting that she has not been retained for this fast track child custody appeal. The notice is construed as a motion to withdraw as counsel and granted. The clerk of the court shall remove Arlette P. Newvine, of the law firm Newvine Law, LLC, as counsel of record for respondent Rachel Smith.Respondent shall have 21 days from the date of this order to retain new counsel and cause new counsel to file a notice of appearance with this court. If respondent will not be retaining new counsel, she shall notify this court in writing of that fact within the same time period. (SC)		25-02697
02/26/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing Entry and Transmission of Written Order. Based on this court's review of the district court docket entries and appellant's docketing statement, however, it appears that appellant filed several timely motions in the district court seeking relief from the district court's decree, including a motion to set aside the decree on November 22, 2024; a motion for new trial on December 2, 2024; and a motion to alter or amend the decree on December 4, 2024. The resolution of those motions is necessary to the determination of this court's jurisdiction over this appeal. Accordingly, this appeal shall be held in abeyance pending resolution of the above-mentioned motions. The district court shall have 28 days from the date of this order to (1) enter a written order resolving the motion, or (2) inform this court in writing that additional time is needed to enter the written order. The briefing schedule is suspended pending further order of this court. (SC)		25-08976
03/03/2025	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal/Amended/Supplemental. Proper Person 2nd NOA. (SC)		25-09582
03/03/2025	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal/Amended/Supplemental. Proper Person 3rd. NOA. (SC)		25-09584
03/04/2025	Order/Incoming	Filed District court order. Certified copy of Order After January 13, 2025 Hearing filed in district court on January 21, 2025. (SC)		25-09905
04/04/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Partially Dismissing Appeal and Directing Transmission of Record. District court's record due: 30 days. With respect to the appeal from the post-judgment January 21 order, it appears that we lack jurisdiction. We order the appeal dismissed as to the January 21 order. Appellant shall have 30 days from the date of this order to file and serve a fast track opening brief. (SC)		25-15233
05/03/2025	Fast Track Brief	Filed Proper Person's (Ronald Lee Smith) Informal Brief Form. (SC)		25-19727
05/06/2025	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice Returning Document Unfiled (Appellant's Informal Brief.) (SC)		25-20329
05/21/2025	Motion	Filed Proper Person's (Ronald Lee Smith) Motion to Direct the District Court to Prepare the Record or, in the Alternative, to Grant Appellant Leave to Prepare and Transmit the Record on Appeal. (STRICKEN PER 5/21/25 ORDER). (SC)
05/21/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing District Court Clerk to Transmit Record on Appeal. The clerk of the district court shall have 7 days from the date of this order to transmit to the clerk of this court the trial court record in District Court Case No. CV24-0199. Failure to comply may result in the imposition of sanctions against the district court clerk. (SC)		25-22621
05/21/2025	Motion	Filed Proper Person's (Ronald Lee Smith) Motion to Direct the District Court to Prepare the Record or, in the Alternative, to Grant Appellant Leave to Prepare and Transmit the Record on Appeal. (SC)		25-22632
05/21/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Striking Deficient Document. Order Striking Deficient Motion to Direct the District Court to Prepare the Record or, in the Alternative, to Grant Appellant Leave to Prepare and Transmit the Record on Appeal. Corrected motion due: 7 days. (SC)		25-22633
05/22/2025	Motion	Filed Proper Person's (Ronald Lee Smith) Motion to Direct the District Court to Prepare the Record or, in the Alternative, to Grant Appellant Leave to Prepare and Transmit the Record on Appeal. (SC)		25-22773
05/29/2025	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed District Court's Record on Appeal - Vols. 1-4. (SC)		25-24022
06/03/2025	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed (SEALED) Confidential Record on Appeal - Vol. 5. (SC)
06/04/2025	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion to Hold Appeal in Abeyance Pending Resolution of NRCP 60(b)(6) Motion in District Court. (SC)		25-24870
06/13/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motions. Appellant has filed a motion requesting this court direct the district court to transmit the record or, alternatively, grant the appellant leave to transmit the record on appeal. This court previously ordered the district court to transmit the record. The district court record was received May 29, 2025. Appellant's motion is denied as moot. Appellant has filed a motion to hold this appeal in abeyance pending resolution of a motion made under NRCP 60(b)(6) in the district court. Appellant has not complied with NRAP 12A, the procedure for seeking remand to resolve a motion for relief after the docketing of an appeal. Accordingly, appellant's motion is denied at this time. (SC)		25-26388
06/27/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order to File Document. Fast track answering brief due: 14 days. Appellant shall have 14 days from the date the fast track answering brief is served to file and serve any fast track reply brief. (SC)		25-28333
07/25/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. To date, respondent has failed to file a fast track answering brief or otherwise communicate with this court. Accordingly, this appeal shall be decided without a fast track answering brief from respondent. (SC)		25-32691
07/25/2025	Case Status Update	Fast Track Briefing Completed. (SC)
08/03/2025	Notice/Incoming	Filed Appellant's Notice Affidavit of Appellant and Notice of Pending District Court Hearing. (SC)		25-33871
08/18/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. Appellant has filed an affidavit and notice of pending district court hearing in which he informs this court of district court proceedings and seeks relief as requested through his appeal. To the extent appellant requests relief in the district court, the relief is properly sought in that court. Appellant seeks relief through this pending appeal and requests a decision be made with urgency. Appellant's request for a decision of the appeal is granted to the following extent. This court will resolve this matter as expeditiously as this court's docket permits. (SC)		25-36133
08/25/2025	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Transfer Case to Court of Appeals. (SC)		25-37231
08/25/2025	Case Status Update	Transferred to Court of Appeals. (SC)
10/24/2025	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED."COA-BB/MG/DW. (SC)
11/14/2025	Case Status Update	Transferred from Court of Appeals. (SC)
11/14/2025	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur. (SC)		25-49669
11/14/2025	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. (SC)
12/15/2025	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by County Clerk on 11/19/25. (SC)		25-49669