WCHSA v. SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 83422.

521 P.3d 1199 (2022)

138 Nev. Adv. Opn. 87

WASHOE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, Petitioner, v. The SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF WASHOE; and the Honorable Paige Dollinger, District Judge, Respondents, and Rolando C.-S.; Porsha C.-S.; and L.S.C., a Minor Child, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Filed December 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Hicks , District Attorney, and Erin L. Morgan and Jeffrey S. Martin , Deputy District Attorneys, Washoe County, for Petitioner.

Washoe Legal Services and Jennifer Jeans , Reno, for Real Party in Interest L.S.C.

John L. Arrascada , Public Defender, and Jennifer Rains and John Reese Petty , Chief Deputy Public Defenders, Washoe County, for Real Party in Interest Porsha C.-S.

Marc Picker , Alternate Public Defender, and Amy Crowe , Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Washoe County, for Real Party in Interest Rolando C.-S.

BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, EN BANC.


OPINION

We elect to consider the merits of this petition under the capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review exception to the mootness doctrine to clarify a substantial issue of public policy and precedential value: whether NRS 432B.393(3)(c) violates due process.

NRS 432B.393(3)(c) relieves...

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