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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
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3 results for “NRS 125.490(3)”
Hudson v. Jones
Jul 13, 2006122 Nev. 708, 138 P.3d 429 (2006) · 43828 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The question presented was whether the parental preference doctrine applies to a parent's motion to modify a custody arrangement in which a nonparent holds joint legal and primary physical custody following a litigated…
PEARSON VS. PEARSON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Mar 30, 1994110 Nev. 293, 871 P.2d 343 (1994) · 23635 · Nevada Supreme Court
Order vacated and matter remanded to the family court for a custody hearing; the children to remain in the father's custody in the interim.The district court's appointment of an independent expert to assist in the custody determination was authorized by NRS 125.490(3). The court held the mother's due process claim barred by the invited-error doctrine: a…
HARRISON VS. HARRISON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 28, 2016132 Nev. Adv. Op. 56 (2016) · 66157 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The court reviewed the district court's denial of modification under an abuse of discretion standard. See Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007). The opinion situates the analysis at the…
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