MULKERN v. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 76399.

429 P.3d 277 (2018)

134 Nev. Adv. Opn. 82

Amy MULKERN; and Vivian Mulkern, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Frank P. Sullivan, District Judge, Respondents, and Clark County Department of Family Services; Clark County District Attorney's Office; Baby Girl W., a minor; Kenneth Wendtland; and Ashley Wendtland, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED October 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willick Law Group and Marshal S. Willick and Lorien K. Cole , Las Vegas, for Petitioners Amy Mulkern and Vivian Mulkern.

Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, and Tanner L. Sharp , Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Real Parties in Interest Clark County Department of Family Services and Clark County District Attorney's Office.

Hutchison & Steffen, LLC, and Todd L. Moody , Las Vegas, for Real Parties in Interest Kenneth Wendtland and Ashley Wendtland.

Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Inc., and Adrian W. Rosehill , Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest Baby Girl W.

BEFORE PICKERING, GIBBONS and HARDESTY, JJ.


OPINION

Both legislatures and courts across the nation have recognized the importance of sibling relationships, enacting and upholding laws to ensure "siblings enjoy the many advantages of growing up together and the attendant opportunities to forge meaningful, life-long relationships." In re Carol B.,

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