In re Leventhal Irrevocable Trust

Leventhal Irrevocable Trust · Supreme Court of Nevada · May 12, 2022 · No. 82459; appellate document number 22-15079

Summary

This document is a Nevada Supreme Court case-management record for In re Leventhal Irrevocable Trust, Case No. 82459. The court dismissed the trust's appeal after determining that the trust could not proceed without counsel, while allowing Audie G. Leventhal to proceed pro se; the remainder of the appeal was later dismissed. The remittitur issued on June 6, 2022, and the case was closed.

Court
Supreme Court of Nevada
Writing for the Court
Mark Gibbons, Senior Justice
Jurisdiction
Nevada
Decision date
May 12, 2022
Docket number
82459; appellate document number 22-15079
Procedural posture
Civil appeal in which the Nevada Supreme Court dismissed the trust's appeal after determining that the trust could not proceed without counsel, allowed Audie G. Leventhal's individual appeal to proceed pro se, and ultimately dismissed the remainder of the appeal.
Precedential value
Published status is indicated in the supplied metadata, but the available source is docket text for a dispositional order and contains no reporter citation.
Parties
Audie G. Leventhal, The Audie G. Leventhal Irrevocable Trust dated May 12, 2010 v. Goodsell Law Group
Disposition
dismissed

Topics

appellate proceduretrustsprobate procedurecivil procedure

Practice areas

appellate proceduretrustsprobatecivil procedure

Questions Presented

  1. Whether the trust could continue prosecuting its appeal without licensed counsel.
  2. Whether the remaining individual appeal should be dismissed.

Holdings

  1. The trust's appeal was dismissed because the trust could not proceed in the matter without counsel.

Key quotations

We order the remainder of this appeal dismissed.

Factual background

The matter concerned an appeal involving the Audie G. Leventhal Irrevocable Trust dated May 12, 2010, and Audie G. Leventhal individually. Former counsel moved to withdraw, and the Supreme Court permitted the withdrawal while advising that the trust could not proceed without counsel. The trust's appeal was dismissed, Leventhal proceeded pro se individually, and the Supreme Court later dismissed the remainder of the appeal.

Procedural history

The appeal was taken from proceedings in the Clark County Eighth Judicial District Court, case P099712. The Supreme Court granted former counsel's withdrawal, declined to appoint new counsel or impose sanctions, dismissed the trust's portion of the appeal because the trust could not proceed without counsel, and permitted Leventhal to continue individually in proper person. After briefing was completed, the court entered an order on May 12, 2022, dismissing the remainder of the appeal, and the remittitur issued on June 6, 2022.

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