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23 results for “NRS 125B.070(1)”
MILLER VS. MILLER
Mar 15, 2018134 Nev. Adv. Op. 16, 412 P.3d 1081 (2018) · 69353 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions.Standard of review: Statutory construction is reviewed de novo. City of Reno v. Reno Gazette-Journal, 119 Nev. 55, 58, 63 P.3d 1147, 1148 (2003). A district court's child support determination is reviewed for abuse of…
SCOTT VS. SCOTT (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 6, 1991107 Nev. 837, 822 P.2d 654 (1991) · 21511 · Nevada Supreme Court
Remanded for determination of (1) the overtime to be included in the payor's gross income under NRS 125B.070; (2) the continued support for the handicapped child under NRS 125B.110; and (3) calculation of eighteen percent of the payor's gross income to support the handicapped child upon the younger child's majority.A child support award may be modified in accordance with the statutory formula regardless of a change of circumstances. Parkinson v. Parkinson, 106 Nev. 481, 483 n.1, 796 P.2d 229, 231 n.1 (1990) (citing NRS…
WALLACE VS. WALLACE (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 16, 1996112 Nev. 1015, 922 P.2d 541 (1996) · 28145 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for proper determination of the visitation schedule, child support during summer visitation, and grandparent visitation.By the Court, Rose, J. (Steffen, C.J., Young and Shearing, JJ., concurring). The court reversed and remanded a post-divorce order that set a long-distance visitation schedule, abated child support, and granted…
Fernandez v. Fernandez
Feb 4, 2010126 Nev. 28, 222 P.3d 1031 (2010) · 51423 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The question presented was "whether parents can, by stipulation, eliminate or abridge a trial court's statutory authority to review and modify a child support order." The court answered no, holding that a stipulated…
RODGERS VS. RODGERS (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 22, 1994110 Nev. 1370, 887 P.2d 269 (1994) · 23390 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for entry of appropriate findings on the child support obligation.The court applied ordinary statutory construction - plain meaning unless it violates the act's spirit, no language rendered nugatory (McKay v. Bd. of Supervisors, 102 Nev. 644, 648, 730 P.2d 438, 441 (1986); Paramount…
BLUESTEIN VS. BLUESTEIN (CHILD CUSTODY)
Mar 26, 2015131 Nev. Adv. Op. 14 (2015) · 62308 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review: Custody decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996). Purely legal questions are reviewed de novo. Rennels v. Rennels, 127 Nev.…
JACKSON VS. JACKSON (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 19, 1995111 Nev. 1551, 907 P.2d 990 (1995) · 27153 · Nevada Supreme Court
Order vacated and remanded for either written findings of fact justifying a deviation from the statutory formula or a redetermination of the amount of child support.Per Curiam. The court vacated and remanded a child support modification, resolving a jurisdictional challenge, a findings requirement, and a question of first impression regarding a cohabitant's contributions.…
BLANCO VS. BLANCO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Oct 31, 2013129 Nev. 723, 311 P.3d 1170 (2013) · 60153 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion; any resulting default decree must comply with the standards set forth (best-interest merits determination for custody and support, equal disposition of community property with findings, and Young/Foster analysis for remaining claims).The court defined the limits on case-concluding discovery sanctions (default) in divorce proceedings, holding that the permissibility of a default depends on the particular claim. Holdings: (1) Child custody and child…
METZ VS. METZ (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 9, 2004120 Nev. 786, 101 P.3d 779 (2004) · 41448 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. The court reversed the portion of the order declining to order child support and remanded for further proceedings, and affirmed the order denying modification of custody.The primary issue was whether a Nevada district court may order a noncustodial parent to pay child support from SSI and/or SSD benefits. The court held SSI is exempt and preempted from child support consideration, while…
ANASTASSATOS VS. ANASTASSATOS (CHILD SUPPORT)
Apr 3, 1996112 Nev. 317; 913 P.2d 652 · 27560 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part and reversed in part: the judgment as to child support abatement, sharing of transportation costs, and the change to the support due date is reversed; the commencement date of the increased support is affirmed.The court affirmed in part and reversed in part a child support modification order. On the jurisdictional/due process issue, the court held that although Nevada is a notice-pleading jurisdiction, a party must be given…
Major v. State
Aug 28, 2014130 Nev. Adv. Op. 70 (2014) · 62819 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.This appeal presented an issue of first impression in Nevada: whether a district court has jurisdiction to impose restitution to the State for the cost of child care in a child abuse case where a family court has…
KHALDY VS. KHALDY (CHILD SUPPORT)
Mar 30, 1995111 Nev. 374, 892 P.2d 584 (1995) · 25997 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed in part and remanded. The judgment as to the mother's child support obligation was reversed and the case remanded for a child support award conforming to the statutory guidelines.Per Curiam. The court reversed a child support award and remanded for an award conforming to the statutory guidelines, holding the district court improperly deviated on purely equitable grounds and effected an improper…
WESTGATE VS. WESTGATE (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 22, 1994110 Nev. 1377, 887 P.2d 737 (1994) · 24370 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions.Child support is governed by NRS 125B.080, which requires application of the NRS 125B.070 guidelines to any post-July 1, 1987 support request (18% of income for one child, up to the statutory cap), with only limited…
BARBAGALLO VS. BARBAGALLO (CHILD SUPPORT)
Sep 21, 1989105 Nev. 546, 779 P.2d 532 (1989) · 18757 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. (Springer, J.; Young, C.J., Steffen, and Mowbray, JJ., and Zenoff, Sr. J., concurring.)In a case of first impression under Nevada's 1987 formula child support statute, the court set out the framework for applying the formula in joint and shared physical custody cases and affirmed the award of the full…
Rivero v. Rivero
Oct 30, 2008125 Nev. 410, 216 P.3d 213 (2009) · 46915 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded in part (custody determination and child support); affirmed in part (the district court's orders regarding the recusal, disqualification, and attorney fees).Standards of review: custody decisions, including visitation schedules, are reviewed for abuse of discretion (Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996)); factual findings must be supported by…
BACKMAN VS. GELBMAN
Feb 13, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. 8 (Ct. App. 2025) · 86396-COA · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review. Child support orders are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996). An abuse of discretion exists when findings are not supported by…
HEDLUND VS. HEDLUND (CHILD SUPPORT)
Mar 2, 1995111 Nev. 325, 890 P.2d 790 (1995) · 24808 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. The order dismissing the motion to modify child support was affirmed.Per Curiam. The court affirmed the dismissal of a district-attorney-initiated motion to modify child support, holding that NRS 125B.150 does not authorize a district attorney to represent a custodial parent in an action…
RAMACCIOTTI VS. RAMACCIOTTI (CHILD SUPPORT)
Aug 21, 1990106 Nev. 529, 795 P.2d 988 (1990) · 20198 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion. (Per curiam.)The court reversed and remanded. The district court erred in concluding it lacked jurisdiction to extend the father's support obligation for the older child beyond her eighteenth birthday. Norris v. Norris, 93 Nev. 65,…
GARRETT VS. GARRETT (CHILD SUPPORT)
Jul 27, 1995111 Nev. 972, 899 P.2d 1112 (1995) · 24915 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. The family court's child support judgment was affirmed.By the Court, Springer, J. (Steffen, C.J., and Young, J., concurring). The court affirmed a child support award, construing the interplay of the NRS 125B.070 formula cap and the NRS 125B.080(6) deviation authority.…
LOVE VS. LOVE (PATERNITY)
May 19, 1998114 Nev. 572, 959 P.2d 523 (1998) · 29729 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded (the order resolving the paternity complaint and the attorney's fees award reversed; increased child support and private tuition left in place pending the district court's further decisions on remand).A divorce decree establishing paternity is generally res judicata and precludes relitigation between the parties. Harris v. Harris, 95 Nev. 214, 217, 591 P.2d 1147, 1148-49 (1979). However, res judicata does not bar…
PARKINSON VS. PARKINSON (CHILD SUPPORT)
Aug 21, 1990106 Nev. 481, 796 P.2d 229 (1990) · 19629 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. (Per curiam.)The court affirmed the denial of a motion to reduce child support arrearages to judgment based on implied waiver. Entry of judgment for support arrearages under NRS 125.180 is a matter within the district court's…
FREELOVE VS. FREELOVE
Feb 7, 202323-03755 · 82732-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded.**Standard of review.** The court reviews child support orders for an abuse of discretion. Romano v. Romano, 138 Nev., Adv. Op. 1, 501 P.3d 980, 985 (2022). A district court abuses its discretion when its findings are…
BACKMAN VS. GELBMAN
Nov 20, 202424-44278 · 86396-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded. ("we ... ORDER the judgment of the district court REVERSED AND REMAND this matter for proceedings consistent with this order.")The court reviewed the child support order for abuse of discretion, citing Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996). An abuse of discretion occurs when findings are not supported by substantial…
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