Opinion ID: 2636733
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Heading: The Nevada Revised Statutes indicate family court judges are district court judges

Text: Besides determining the original and exclusive jurisdiction of the family court, S.B. 395 also consistently amended other statutes that support our conclusion that the judges sitting in family court are district court judges. NRS 293.197(2)(a) requires election ballots for judges in the family division to use the words: district court judge, family division, department ..., see 1991 Nev. Stat., ch. 659, § 24, at 2185, and similarly, the Legislature has determined that in districts with a family court division, a certain number of district court judges must be judges of the family court. See NRS 3.012, 3.018; see also 1991 Nev. Stat., ch. 659, §§ 6-7, at 2175-76. I conclude that only district court judges have the power to sit in the family court.