BRUNER VS. BRUNER (CHILD CUSTODY)
94 Nev. 122, 575 P.2d 928 (1978) · 9140 · Nevada Supreme Court · March 15, 1978
Disposition:Affirmed. ("Affirmed.")Custody & RelocationPosture The appellant father appealed, seeking to annul a district court order that, in the exercise of the court's discretion, denied his motion to change the custody of his son.
Key holdings
Practitioner summary
In a brief per curiam opinion, the court affirmed the denial of a father's motion to change the custody of his son. The court held that substantial evidence supported the district court's apparent conclusion that the child's welfare would not be enhanced by a change of custody, and it declined to annul the discretionary order.
In plain language
A father asked the district court to change the custody of his son. The court, exercising its discretion, denied the motion. The father appealed and asked the Nevada Supreme Court to annul that order. In a brief per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court affirmed. It held that there was substantial evidence to support the district court's apparent conclusion that changing custody would not enhance the child's welfare. Because the decision was discretionary and supported by the evidence, it was left undisturbed.
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