Office of Washoe County District Attorney v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada

OPINION

In a case brought by the district attorney to enforce a Washington child support order in Nevada, the district court imposed NRCP 11 sanctions against the district attorney for failing to discontinue enforcement of the support order after the district court’s previous ruling that Washington had continuing exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate the arrearage amount.

The district attorney now contends that the NRCP 11 order is legally insufficient and that the district court misinterpreted existing law in concluding that NRCP 11 was violated. We conclude that the district court manifestly…