Maria L. v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada

OPINION

By the Court,

Gibbons, J.:

These are consolidated original petitions for a writ of mandamus, challenging district court orders denying a maternal grandmother’s petition for guardianship and petition for visitation with her minor granddaughter. We grant the petitions because the district court failed to comply with Nevada’s abuse and neglect statutes, NRS Chapter 432B, by not ensuring that the grandmother, a relative with a special interest in the child, was involved in and notified of the placement plan before it granted custody of the child to the State, thereby depriving her of the…