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STATE, DIV. CHILD FAM. SERVS. v. DIST. CT.

No. 42211.

92 P.3d 1239 (2004)

The DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, STATE OF NEVADA, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, In and For the COUNTY OF CLARK, and the Honorable Gerald W. Hardcastle, District Judge, Family Court Division, Respondents, and J.M.R., A Minor, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 12, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, and Brigid J. Duffy, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Petitioner.

Burdman Law Group and Jeffrey P. Kerrane, Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest.

Before BECKER, AGOSTI and GIBBONS, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This case involves the temporary placement of a fourteen-year-old foster child in a psychiatric treatment facility. The district court orally ordered petitioner, the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS), to release the child from the facility. Because the DCFS did not immediately comply with the order, the district court orally held the DCFS in contempt and imposed sanctions. The two issues the DCFS raises in this writ...

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