MATTER OF L.L.S.

No. 79124.

487 P.3d 791 (2021)

137 Nev. Adv. Opn. 22

In the MATTER OF the Parental Rights as to L.L.S., a Minor. Tahja L., Appellant, v. State of Nevada Department of Family Services; and L.L.S., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Filed May 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Grigsby Law Group and Abira Grigsby , Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Steven B. Wolfson , District Attorney, and Candice Saip , Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent State of Nevada Department of Family Services.

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP and Abraham G. Smith and Daniel F. Polsenberg , Las Vegas; Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Inc., and Dewey Fowler, Jr. , Las Vegas, for Respondent L.L.S.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

This case requires us to decide whether a hearing master may preside over a termination of parental rights (TPR) trial. The Nevada Legislature has provided that masters may preside over certain proceedings in the district court. In TPR proceedings pursuant to NRS Chapter 432B, the matter must...

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