Division of Child & Family Services v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada

OPINION

This case involves the temporary placement of a fourteen-year-old foster child in a psychiatric treatment facility. The district court orally ordered petitioner, the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS), to release the child from the facility. Because the DCFS did not immediately comply with the order, the district court orally held the DCFS in contempt and imposed sanctions. The two issues the DCFS raises in this writ petition are whether the district court had jurisdiction to order the child’s release and whether the district court’s release order was unclear and ambiguous.…