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Nadin Cutter

NV · Eighth Judicial District Court Family Division Judge, Department T

Nadin Cutter has been a Clark County family court judge since January 2021. Before that she practiced mainly family law, plus personal injury law, for about 12 years.

Track record

Track record — General

General · 5 records
  • Received the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' Local 797 endorsement for Family Court Department T in the 2026 general election.

    September 14, 2026

    Source: media.linkedunion.com

  • Received the Las Vegas Metro Police Managers and Supervisors Association's endorsement for Family Court Department T in the 2026 primary.

    May 27, 2026

    Source: lvpmsa.org

  • The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld most of her divorce decree in the Valles case. It reversed her ruling that a tax business bank account was shared marital property, and her award of attorney fees.

    August 16, 2024

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

  • Took the bench as Clark County Family Court judge for Department T after winning the November 3, 2020 election.

    January 4, 2021

    Source: nvcourts.gov

  • Represented the father in a child custody appeal. The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld the ruling that gave him primary custody and denied the mother's request to move the child to Florida.

    February 27, 2018

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Track record — Legal Competence

Legal Competence · 7 unfavorable
  • The Nevada Court of Appeals reversed her order taking $26,929 from a former wife's share of their home sale. It found she gave no findings or legal reason for the deduction. The rest of her order stood.

    September 10, 2026Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

  • The Nevada Court of Appeals ordered her to cancel an arrest warrant she issued against a mother who missed a custody exchange. It found she held the mother in criminal contempt without following required steps. It left her custody orders in place.

    July 1, 2026Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

  • The Nevada Supreme Court reversed her new child support amount because the parents' incomes she used did not match the evidence. It upheld her order that the father repay health insurance costs, and it set aside her attorney-fee award.

    December 11, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

  • The Nevada Court of Appeals reversed her order giving a former spouse a survivor benefit from a state worker's pension (PERS) after a divorce. It found she did not apply a controlling Nevada Supreme Court ruling, Henson v. Henson.

    April 10, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

  • The Nevada Court of Appeals reversed her order that denied a military family's move and gave the father primary custody. It found she wrongly excluded the mother's evidence and made findings the record did not support.

    August 28, 2023Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

  • The Nevada Court of Appeals reversed orders by her and an earlier judge that denied a mother's request to change custody without a hearing. It found the court had not addressed some of the mother's arguments.

    April 8, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

  • Represented Andrijana Mackovska in her appeal against Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance. The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed the appeal because required filings were never made and the court's notices went unanswered.

    September 29, 2014Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

Track record — Candidate Ethics

Candidate Ethics · 3 records
  • Was publicly reprimanded by the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline. She admitted she waited nearly 13 months after a trial to issue a divorce decree in a custody case. She agreed to take a time-management course at her own expense.

    July 18, 2023

    Source: acis-api.nvcourts.gov

  • Received a reprimand from a State Bar of Nevada discipline panel for her work as a lawyer on a client's car-crash injury case. She did not serve the lawsuit on time and twice missed deadlines to answer a motion to dismiss. She was charged $1,500 in costs.

    April 1, 2022

    Source: nvbar.org

  • Received a letter of reprimand from a State Bar of Nevada discipline panel for lack of diligence. She missed the deadline to answer a lawsuit against her client, which led to a default. She was also charged $1,500 in costs.

    December 5, 2018

    Source: nvbar.org

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