Mendive v. Third Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Badt, J.:

This is a proceeding in prohibition in which the relator seeks to prohibit the respondent court and judge from continuing with adoption proceedings initiated by the individual respondents. The relator’s challenge of the jurisdiction of the Third judicial district court of Lander county to entertain the adoption petition is met by that court’s challenge of the jurisdiction of the Second judicial district court of Washoe county to entertain the relator’s guardianship petition there. In determining these counter charges of lack of jurisdiction in the respective…