that related back to the original complaint. Respondent did so and it 

appeared that the complaint remained pending in the family court. It 

thus did not appear that the family court had entered a final, written 

judgment adjudicating all the rights and liabilities of the parties in this 

matter. See NRAP 3A(b)(1); Lee v. GNLV Corp., 116 Nev. 424, 426, 996 

P.2d 416, 417 (2000). And although the family court certified its 

November 14, 2014, order as final, the certification was improper because 

it did not completely remove a party from the action and was thus not 

amenable to NRCP 54(b) certification. See Taylor Constr. Co. v. Hilton 

Hotels, Corp., 100 Nev. 207, 209, 678 P.2d 1152, 1153 (1984) (a court 

cannot create finality through NRCP 54(b) certification when an order is 

not amenable to certification). Where it did not appear that a final written 

order had been entered, it also did not appear that the family court order 

awarding attorney fees and costs was appealable as a special order after 

final judgment under WRAP 3A(b)(8). 

In his response to this court's order, appellant concedes that 

the family court proceedings are ongoing. He nevertheless contends that 

the November 14, 2014, order is a final judgment because it resolves the 

single issue that was the basis for the transfer to family court. Appellant 

also asserts that at the time the November 14, 2014, order was entered, no 

valid complaint existed in family court. We disagree. 

The amended complaint was filed in the family court on 

October 30, 2014. It does not appear that any court order declared the 

complaint void or otherwise resolved the amended complaint. The claims 

asserted in the amended complaint were thus pending at the time the 

November 14, 2014, order was entered such that that order is not a final 

judgment. To the extent appellant argues that the amended complaint 

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should be treated as void in the absence of a court order declaring it to be 

void, he provides no support for such treatment and we decline to do so. 

Because claims remain pending in the family court, neither 

the October 30, 2014, "Order on Plaintiffs Motion for Declaratory 

Judgment Regarding Marital Status" nor the November 14, 2014, 

"Amended Order on Plaintiffs Motion for Declaratory Judgment 

Regarding Marital Status" is a final judgment pursuant to NRAP 3A(b)(1). 

See also NRS 30.090 (declaratory judgments "may be reviewed as other 

orders, judgments and decrees"). And no other statute or court rule 

provides for an appeal from an order resolving a motion for declaratory 

judgment regarding marital status. See NRAP 3A(b) (listing orders and 

judgments from which an appeal may be taken); see also Taylor Constr. 

Co. v. Hilton Hotels, 100 Nev. 207, 209, 678 P.2d 1152, 1153 (1984) (noting 

that this court generally has authority to consider an appeal only when 

authorized by statute or court rule). Accordingly, we conclude that we 

lack jurisdiction over the appeal in Docket No. 66978. 

In the absence of a final judgment, the family court order 

awarding attorney fees and costs is not substantively appealable as a 

special order after final judgment, NRAP 3A(b)(8), and no other statute or 

court rule provides for an appeal from such an order. See NRAP 3A(b) 

(listing orders and judgments from which an appeal may be taken); see 

also Taylor Constr. Co. v. Hilton Hotels, 100 Nev. 207, 209, 678 P.2d 1152, 

1153 (1984) (noting that this court generally has authority to consider an 

appeal only when authorized by statute or court rule). 

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We thus also conclude that we lack jurisdiction over the appeal in Docket 

No. 67156, and we 

ORDER these appeals DISMISSED.' 

cc: Hon. Gayle Nathan, District Judge 

Robert E. Gaston, Settlement Judge 

Neil J. Beller, Ltd. 

Brennan Legal Counsel Group, PLLC 

Eighth District Court Clerk 

'Given these dismissals, appellant's motions for a stay pending 

appeal in Docket No. 66978 and to consolidate these appeals and the 

appeal in Docket No. 66968 are denied as moot. Appellant's motions to 

seal the documents attached to his responses to the order to show cause 

are granted. Cf. SRCR 7. The clerk of this court shall file the exhibits 

received on March 18, 2015, in Docket No. 66978, and March 24, 2015, in 

Docket No. 67156, under seal. 

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