APPROVED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA Effective March 1, 1994 and Including Rules Current Through January 1, 2006 ORDER The Committee for Specialization of the Courts, a duly appointed subcommittee of the Eighth Judicial District Court, filed on behalf of the Judges of the Eighth Judicial District Court a petition seeking changes in the rules governing case assignments in the criminal/civil divisions of the court. The committee states that the proposed rule changes would facilitate the separate handling of criminal and civil matters by various departments of the court. Petitioners also filed an amended petition requesting approval of additional rule changes to enable the Eighth Judicial District Court to streamline the new procedures and to make the practice within the various departments more uniform. It appearing to the court that amendment of the Rules of Practice for the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada is warranted, It Is Hereby Ordered that the Rules of Practice for the Eighth Judicial District Court be amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached. It Is Hereby Further Ordered that the amended rules shall become effective July 1, 1997. The clerk of this court shall cause a notice of entry of this order to be published in the official publication of the State Bar of Nevada. Publication of this order shall be accomplished by the clerk disseminating copies of this order to all subscribers of the advance sheets of the Nevada Reports and all persons and agencies listed in NRS 2.345, and to the executive director of the State Bar of Nevada. The certificate of the clerk of this court as to the accomplishment of the above-described publication of notice of entry and dissemination of order shall be conclusive evidence of the adoption and publication of the foregoing amended Rules. Dated this 12th day of June, 1997. BY THE COURT Miriam Shearing, Chief Justice Charles E. Springer Cliff Young Associate Justice Associate Justice Robert E. Rose A. William Maupin Associate Justice Associate Justice RULES OF PRACTICE FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA ____________ ANALYSIS ____________ PART I. ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT AND ADMINISTRATION Rule 1.01. Name and citation of rules. 1.10. Scope, construction and implementation of rules. 1.11. Family division—Jurisdiction. 1.12. Definitions of words and terms. 1.14. Time; judicial days; service by mail. 1.20. Departments and courtrooms. 1.21. Department hours. 1.30. Chief judge. 1.31. Presiding judge—Family division. 1.32. Trial judge. 1.33. Specialization of judges; procedure for selection. 1.40. Child support masters. 1.42. Uniform Parentage Act masters. 1.44. Civil commitments and hearing masters; duties of the Division of Mental Hygiene and Mental Retardation; duties of counsel. 1.45. Juvenile judge. 1.46. Juvenile hearing masters. 1.48. Criminal division masters. 1.50. Court administrator. 1.51. Assistant court administrator. 1.52. Family division administrator. 1.60. Assignment or transfer of cases generally.

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