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Silva HINCH, Appellant, v. Dusty JENSEN, Respondent.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
Review of the notice of appeal and documents before this court reveals a jurisdictional defect. Notice of entry of the order granting the motion to modify custody was served on appellant, via mail, on February 3, 2022. Thus, the notice of appeal was due to be filed in the district court by March 10, 2022. See NRAP 4(a)(1); NRCP 6(d). Appellant, however, did not file the notice of appeal in the district court until March 17, 2022. Further, an order awarding temporary custody of a minor child is not substantively appealable. In re Temporary Custody of Five Minors, 105 Nev. 441, 777 P.2d 901 (1989); cf. NRAP 3A(b)(7) (authorizing an appeal from a district court order finally establishing the custody of minor children). Accordingly, this court lacks jurisdiction, see Healy v. Volkswagenwerk, 103 Nev. 329, 330-31, 741 P.2d 432, 433 (1987) (this court lacks jurisdiction over an untimely notice of appeal), and
ORDERS this appeal DISMISSED.
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Docket No: No. 84438
Decided: April 08, 2022
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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