If the other party filed a motion in your Clark County family court case, you have 14 days to respond. The clock starts the day after you were served. It counts weekends and holidays. If you say nothing, the judge can decide the whole thing on the other party’s paperwork.
That is the rule in three sentences. Everything below shows you where those 14 days come from, what you actually file, and what the court does with silence.
Every deadline on this page is quoted from the published rules of the Eighth Judicial District Court and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure. Links go straight to the source.
The 14-day clock
The rule is EDCR 5.502(c), verified August 14, 2026:
“Within 14 days after service of the motion, the opposing party may file and serve a written opposition, with or without a countermotion, together with a memorandum of points and authorities and supporting affidavits, if any, addressing the subject matter of the motion.”
The motion you were served with should carry this warning in capital letters on page one, directly below the case caption. EDCR 5.502(a) requires it:
“NOTICE: YOU MAY FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS MOTION WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT AND PROVIDE THE UNDERSIGNED WITH A COPY OF YOUR RESPONSE WITHIN 14 DAYS OF YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS MOTION.”
How to count the 14 days. NRCP 6(a)(1) tells you exactly how, verified August 14, 2026: exclude the day you were served, then count every day after that — including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. If day 14 lands on a weekend or a legal holiday, you get until the end of the next business day.
If it came by mail, you get 3 more days. NRCP 6(d) adds 3 days when service is made by mail. Hand-delivered or served in person? No extra days.
Your last day ends at 11:59 p.m. if you file electronically, under NRCP 6(a)(4)(A). If you file on paper at the counter, your last day ends when the clerk’s office closes.
The Clark County family court response clock
| Day | What happens | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Day 0 | You are served with the motion | — |
| Day 1 | The clock starts. Weekends and holidays count | NRCP 6(a)(1) |
| Day 14 | Your written opposition (and any countermotion) is due | EDCR 5.502(c) |
| Day 14 + 3 | Add 3 days only if you were served by mail | NRCP 6(d) |
| Day 17 (approx.) | Your Financial Disclosure is due — within 3 days of the filing it supports | EDCR 5.507(d) |
| After day 14 with no opposition | The other party may file a Request for Submission with a proposed order | EDCR 5.502(e)(1)-(2) |
| 3 days after that request (7 if mailed) | The court may grant all or part of the motion without a hearing | EDCR 5.502(e)(3) |
| Not less than 35 days from filing | The motion is set on the judge’s calendar | EDCR 5.502(b) |
Send this to the parent who just got served. The 14 days already started.
What silence actually does
This is the part people underestimate. Not responding is not neutral. Under EDCR 5.503(b):
“Failure of an opposing party to serve and file a written opposition may be construed as an admission that the motion is meritorious and a consent that it be granted.”
Then there is the second clock, and it is short. If you file nothing within 14 days, EDCR 5.502(e) lets the other party file a Request for Submission with a proposed order attached. From there, you get 3 days to file an opposition — 7 days if the request came by mail. Miss that, and the court may grant all or any part of the motion without a hearing.
So a missed 14-day deadline is not automatically the end. But it turns into a 3-day emergency, and you will not get a hearing date to argue at.
The Nevada Self-Help Center puts it plainly on its Responding to a Motion page, verified August 14, 2026: the other party “may get everything that was asked for in the motion and you will not have a chance to tell the judge your side of the story.”
What you actually file
The opposition
EDCR 5.503(a) sets the content bar. Your opposition needs points and authorities supporting each position you take, plus an affidavit supporting every factual statement. The rule adds a warning most people miss: “Points and authorities lacking citation to relevant authority, or consisting of bare citations to statutes, rules, or case authority, do not comply with this rule.”
Translation: dropping a rule number in without explaining why it applies does not count.
The affidavit
You do not have to rewrite your whole story twice. EDCR 5.505 lets your affidavit incorporate the facts in your filing by reference, using substantially this language:
“I have read the foregoing _____________________, and the factual averments it contains are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, except as to those matters based on information and belief, and as to those matters, I believe them to be true.”
The countermotion
If you want the court to order something too — not just deny what the other party asked for — that is a countermotion, and it goes in the same document. EDCR 5.502(c) allows an opposition “with or without a countermotion.” Under EDCR 5.502(d), a timely countermotion is heard at the same hearing, and no separate notice of motion is required.
You may not even have a choice about the label. EDCR 5.503(c): “An opposition that contains a motion related to the same subject matter will be considered as a countermotion.”
If you are weighing whether to ask the court to change an existing order, our custody modification page walks through what that process involves.
The financial disclosure, if money is involved
This one sinks filings. EDCR 5.507 requires a General Financial Disclosure Form (GFDF) for any motion or countermotion involving child support, spousal support, fees and allowances, exclusive possession of a residence, or “any matter involving money to be paid by a party” — and subsection (b) requires one from you when you oppose that kind of motion.
The details that trip people up:
- Timing: file it within 3 days of the filing it supports — EDCR 5.507(d).
- Attachments: include your 3 most recent paycheck stubs or the equivalent — EDCR 5.507(e).
- Shortcut: if you filed a disclosure in the last 6 months and nothing material changed, saying so in your filing satisfies the rule — EDCR 5.507(f).
- Shorter version: in paternity matters and post-judgment matters, only the case information, household, and income and expense sections need to be completed — EDCR 5.507(h).
Skipping it is expensive. EDCR 5.507(g) says the court may treat a motion, opposition, or countermotion that lacks a timely, complete, and accurate financial disclosure as an admission that your positions are not meritorious — and as a basis for sanctions.
The form itself is published by the Nevada Judiciary: Financial Disclosure Form (NRCP 16.2).
If your case involves claimed back support, EDCR 5.508 requires a separately filed schedule showing the date and amount of each payment due and each payment received.
Format rules that get filings kicked back
EDCR 5.504 governs how the paper looks. The parts that matter for a self-represented parent:
- 30 pages maximum for a motion, opposition, or reply, unless the court gives permission — 5.504(e)(1). Exhibits, affidavits, the certificate of service, and the notice of motion do not count toward that limit — 5.504(e)(3).
- Double spaced, one side of the page, 8.5 x 11 white paper, page numbers at the bottom, one-inch left margin — 5.504(a).
- Caption block centered under your contact information: DISTRICT COURT / FAMILY DIVISION / CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA — 5.504(b)(2).
- Typeface: 14 point or larger for proportional fonts. Unrepresented litigants may use elite type at 12 characters per inch if they lack access to a device that produces larger characters — 5.504(c)(3).
- Exhibits each get a cover sheet reading “Exhibit ___” — EDCR 5.506(c). Do not attach statutes, cases, or documents already in your family division case file — 5.506(f).
- Your contact information: an unrepresented party filing anything must provide their address, email address, and telephone number, if any — EDCR 5.301(a).
Getting these right is mechanical, not legal. It is the part where document preparation help saves people the most time.
The hearing, the reply, and extensions
When is the hearing? Under EDCR 5.502(b), motions are set on a day the assigned judge hears civil domestic motions, and “not less than 35 days from the date the motion is filed.”
Will there even be a hearing? Only if someone asks. EDCR 5.502(h) requires the first page of every motion, opposition, and reply to include an option to request oral argument, and an option to request an in-person hearing. If nobody checks it, the clerk puts the matter on the court’s chambers calendar — meaning the judge decides on the papers alone. If you want to speak, you have to ask on page one.
Can the other party respond to your opposition? Yes. EDCR 5.502(f) gives the original moving party 7 days after service of your opposition to file a reply. That same rule says no reply to an opposition to a countermotion may be filed without leave or direction of the court.
Need more time? EDCR 5.513(b) lets the parties agree to extend an opposition or reply deadline, as long as the scheduled hearing is not affected (or gets continued), the court is notified at the same time, and every filing for that hearing is in at least 7 days before it. Agreement is faster than a motion.
Something new came up? EDCR 5.512(a) requires supplements to be filed at least 1 day before the hearing, and 5.512(b) limits them to information that could not reasonably have been included earlier.
One more rule to ask about. EDCR 5.501 requires the party filing a motion to attempt to resolve the issues with the other party first, or to explain inside the motion what made that impossible. The rule is written for “the movant.” Because a countermotion asks the court for relief, ask the Family Law Self-Help Center how 5.501 applies to your countermotion before you file. Do not assume it does not.
Where this gets filed in Las Vegas
The Family Division of the Eighth Judicial District Court was created in January 1993. Today 26 judges preside over family and juvenile cases across departments A through Z.
- In person: the Family/Juvenile Counter is located in the Family Courts and Services Center, 601 N. Pecos, Las Vegas.
- Online: the Eighth Judicial District Court uses Odyssey File & Serve for electronic filing.
- Child support cases in Clark County are heard at the Child Support Center of Southern Nevada, 1900 E. Flamingo Road.
- Free help: the Family Law Self-Help Center provides access, education, information, and support services to self-represented people with matters before Family Court.
If your case involves ending a marriage rather than modifying an existing order, our online divorce page covers the paperwork path. For everything else procedural — what to bring, where to park, which counter, which form — start with our family court services overview or call us at (702) 609-3688.
Frequently asked questions
How many days do I have to respond to a motion in Clark County family court?
Fourteen days after service, under EDCR 5.502(c). Count starting the day after you were served, including weekends and holidays. If day 14 falls on a weekend or legal holiday, you get the next business day. Add 3 days if the motion was served on you by mail, under NRCP 6(d).
What happens if I don’t respond to a motion in Nevada family court?
Under EDCR 5.503(b), the court may treat your silence as an admission that the motion has merit and as consent to grant it. The other party can then file a Request for Submission with a proposed order. You get 3 more days — 7 if mailed — before the court may rule without a hearing.
Can I ask for something in my response, or only say no?
You can ask. EDCR 5.502(c) allows an opposition with a countermotion, and EDCR 5.502(d) says a timely countermotion is heard at the same hearing with no separate notice required. Under EDCR 5.503(c), an opposition that contains a request on the same subject matter is treated as a countermotion anyway.
Do I have to file a Financial Disclosure Form with my opposition?
Yes, if money is involved. EDCR 5.507(b) requires a General Financial Disclosure Form supporting any opposition to a motion about support, fees, exclusive possession of a residence, or any matter involving money a party must pay. File it within 3 days of your opposition and attach your 3 most recent paycheck stubs.
How long until my hearing date in Clark County family court?
EDCR 5.502(b) requires motions to be set not less than 35 days from the date the motion is filed, on a day the assigned judge hears civil domestic motions. The exact date depends on your department’s calendar.
Will I get to talk to the judge?
Only if someone requests it. EDCR 5.502(h) requires each motion, opposition, and reply to include an option to request an oral argument hearing on page one. If nobody requests one, the clerk sets the matter on the chambers calendar and the judge decides on the written filings.
Not legal advice
Family Court Help Line provides court process information. We are not a law firm, we are not attorneys, and we do not provide legal advice. We can explain what a filing deadline is, what a form asks for, and where a document gets filed. We cannot tell you what to argue, predict what a judge will do, or promise any outcome. For legal advice about your case, consult a licensed Nevada attorney.
Court rules change. Every rule quoted on this page was verified against the published source on August 14, 2026. Confirm current rules at leg.state.nv.us/courtrules before you file.
Talk to a person before your 14 days run out
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Call (702) 609-3688 and we will walk you through the process, the documents, and the timeline for your Clark County family court filing. You can also send us your question through our contact form and we will get back to you.
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