In Re: B.G.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

IN THE MATTER OF: B. G., MINOR No. 83380
CHILD.

GINA G.,

vs.
Appellant, FILE
WASHOE COUNTY HUMAN SEP 2 1 2021
SERVICES AGENCY, ELiZEJ A. BROWN
Res • ondent. CLERK OF PREME COURT
BY
DtPLITY CLERK

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

This is an appeal from a district court order affirming master's
findings and recommendations. Second Judicial District Court, Family
Court Division, Washoe County; Paige Dollinger, Judge.
Review of the notice of appeal, docketing statement, and
documents before this court reveals a jurisdictional defect. It does not
appear that the district court has entered a final judgment appealable
under NRAP 3A(b)(1). See Lee v. GNLV Corp., 116 Nev. 424, 426, 996 P.2d
416, 417 (2000) (defining a final judgment). The order challenged in this
appeal determines the temporary custody of the minor children, and that
order is subject to periodic mandatory review and modification by the
district court. See NRS Chapter 432B. Thus, it appears that the district
court has not entered a final written judgment. In re Temp. Custody of Five
Minor Children, 105 Nev. 441, 443, 777 P.2d 901, 902 (1989); Lee v. GNLV
Corp., 116 Nev. 424, 996 P.2d 416 (2000). No statute or court rule
authorizes an appeal from an order of the district court affirming a master's

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findings and recommendation and determining temporary custody
pursuant to NRS Chapter 432B. The right to appeal is statutory, and where
no statute or rule authorizes an appeal, no right to appeal exists. See Brown
v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013) (this
court "may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule").
Accordingly we lack jurisdiction and
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.'

, J.
Cadish

Pieke4 , J.
Pickering Herndon

cc: Hon. Paige Dollinger, District Judge, Family Court Division
Gina G.
Washoe County District Attorney
Washoe District Court Clerk

'In light of this decision, this court takes no action in regard to
appellant's transcript request form filed on August 30, 2021.
SUPREME Coma
OF
NEVADA

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