11JDCR 8.3

(a) Written objection required. Objections to the master’s findings and recommendations must be in writing, filed with the master, served on all parties to the proceedings before the master, and filed within any applicable statutory deadline.

(b) Record request. The objecting party must, at the same time the objection is filed, file with the master a request for the master to send to the district court judge, or juvenile court judge in juvenile cases, a copy of the audiovisual recording of the master’s hearing, or if there is no audiovisual recording, a transcript of the recording of the master’s hearing that is the subject of the objection. A transcript will not be prepared at the expense of the county except on order of the district court.

(c) Setting a hearing. The objecting party must, at the same time the objection is filed, serve and file in the district court, or juvenile court in juvenile cases, a notice to set a hearing. The date for setting the hearing with the judicial assistant must not be more than 14 days from the date the objection is filed. In juvenile court, the hearing must occur within 30 days of the date the hearing was set unless otherwise ordered upon a showing of good cause.

(d) Hearing statements. Within 14 days of the filing of the notice of objection, the objecting party must file an opening points and authorities that includes:

(1) A statement of issues;

(2) A statement of facts with specific supporting references to the time on the court’s audiovisual recording or in the pleadings and papers in the master’s file;

(3) A statement of the applicable law and an analysis of the application of the law to the facts; and

(4) If the objecting party timely requested a hearing de novo, the points and authorities must include a statement as to which portion(s) of the hearing master’s proceeding the objecting party wants heard de novo. See Trent v. Clark Cty. Juv. Court Servs., 88 Nev. 573, 502 P.2d 385 (1972).

(e) Answering points and authorities. Answering points and authorities must be filed within 14 days after the service of the opening points and authorities.

(f) Reply points and authorities. A reply points and authorities must be filed within 7 days after service of the answering points and authorities, or before the date of the hearing, whichever is earlier.

(g) Filing documents related to juvenile court objections. All documents related to an objection in a juvenile case will be filed in the juvenile court under the original juvenile court case number.