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IN RE: The PAT RAE WALLACE FAMILY TRUST DATED AUGUST 30, 2011. Loretta Cook, Appellant, v. Nadine Lovelady, Respondent.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
Review of the notice of appeal and documents before this court reveals a jurisdictional defect. The challenged order was entered in the district court on December 4, 2024, and notice of entry of the order was served on appellant by mail the same day. Appellant did not file the notice of appeal in the district court until February 28, 2025, well after expiration of the 30-day appeal period prescribed by NRAP 4(a)(1). This court lacks jurisdiction to consider an untimely notice of appeal. Healy v. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, 103 Nev. 329, 331, 741 P.2d 432, 433 (1987). To the extent appellant seeks to be added as an appellant to the related appeal in Docket No. 89900, we cannot do so after the time to appeal has expired. See Rust v. Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist., 103 Nev. 686, 688, 747 P.2d 1380, 1382 (1987) (explaining that “ ․ the proper and timely filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional.”). And this court cannot extend the time for appellant to file the notice of appeal in this matter. NRAP 26(b)(1)(A) (proving that “․ the court may not extend the time to file a notice of appeal except as provided in Rule 4(c).”). Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction and ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.
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Docket No: No. 90219
Decided: March 28, 2025
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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