JOLLEY VS. JOLLEY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)

92 Nev. 298, 549 P.2d 1407 (1976) · 8168 · Nevada Supreme Court · May 25, 1976

Disposition:Affirmed.Divorce, Property & Alimony

Posture The district court entered judgment dissolving the parties' marriage and distributing the community property. The appellant appealed from, inter alia, the property distribution.

Statutes cited

NRS 125.150

Key holdings

- A division of community property in a divorce that is essentially equal reflects no abuse of discretion under NRS 125.150. - An essentially equal community property distribution will be affirmed absent a showing of abuse of discretion.

Practitioner summary

This brief per curiam opinion affirms a divorce judgment. The district court dissolved the parties' marriage and distributed the community property, and the appeal was taken, inter alia, from the property distribution. Because the division of the community property was essentially equal, the court perceived no abuse of discretion. NRS 125.150; Fox v. Fox, 81 Nev. 186, 196, 401 P.2d 53 (1965); Weeks v. Weeks, 75 Nev. 411, 415, 345 P.2d 228 (1959). The court held the additional grounds of appeal were without merit and affirmed.

In plain language

The district court granted this couple a divorce and divided their community property. One of the spouses appealed, challenging (among other things) the way the property was distributed. The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed. It noted that the trial court's division of the community property was essentially equal between the two spouses. Because of that, and applying Nevada's divorce property statute (NRS 125.150), the court saw no abuse of discretion in the distribution. The court added that the other grounds raised on appeal were without merit, and affirmed the judgment.

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