Amaya v. Guerrero Rivera

By the Court, STIGLICH, J.:

*451Although appellant Yesennia Esmeralda Amaya was granted sole physical custody over her daughter, the district court denied her motion to make the three predicate findings necessary to petition the federal government for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J) (2012) ; NRS 3.2203. We take this opportunity to clarify that a child custody order can satisfy the first predicate SIJ finding, which requires a person be "appointed" to have custody over a juvenile. We further hold that the second predicate SIJ finding can be made where…