Kirkpatrick v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada

I agree with the majority that petitioner’s due process rights were compromised in the application of the Nevada marriage consent statute. I write separately to make two points.

First, petitioner’s separate attack claiming that the district court abused its discretion with regard to the merits of the petition to approve his daughter’s marriage, standing alone, was rendered moot by the subsequent marriage of his daughter pursuant to the district- court’s order. This is because, until attacked, the district court’s order enjoyed presumptive validity and the marriage was likewise presumptively…