Court Opinion

ID: 9757816
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 23:00:30.977267+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:44.737690
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Gibbons, J.,
dissenting:
I would deny the petition requesting this court to issue a writ of prohibition to prohibit the family division of the district court from exercising subject matter jurisdiction.
*855Extraordinary writs may only issue in cases “where there is not a plain, speedy and adequate remedy” at law. NRS 34.170; NRS 34.330. The issuance of extraordinary writs is discretionary, not a matter of right. Valley Health System v. Dist. Ct., 127 Nev. 167, 171, 252 P.3d 676, 678 (2011). In this case, the parties executed a parenting agreement that was incorporated into the decree of divorce. Therefore, the divorce decree provides that Nevada has exclusive jurisdiction. At various times, the record reflects that the parties have resided in the states of Nevada, Idaho, and California.
At this time the Superior Court of the State of California has not agreed to exercise jurisdiction. Therefore, the extraordinary relief requested by the petitioner is not warranted at this time.