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21 results for “NRS 125C.0035(1)” in Divorce, Property & Alimony
FRANKLIN VS. FRANKLIN (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 20, 202424-21407 · 84334 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.Standard of review. Child custody decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion, with factual findings sustained if supported by substantial evidence. Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 428, 216 P.3d 213, 226 (2009);…
HALL VS. LOFTIS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 3, 202222-17755 · 81461-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The court applied de novo review to Hall's jurisdictional challenges. Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 667, 221 P.3d 699, 704 (2009). On the divorce-decree jurisdiction issue, the court noted Loftis pleaded only separate…
FRANKLIN VS. FRANKLIN (CHILD CUSTODY)
Dec 4, 202323-39225 · 84334 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part and reversed in part.Standard of review. Child custody decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion, with factual findings sustained if supported by substantial evidence. Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 428, 216 P.3d 213, 226 (2009);…
HABASHI VS. KAMEL-KIROLLOS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Dec 26, 202323-41864 · 85917-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The Court of Appeals applied deferential, abuse-of-discretion review across all four claims. **Child custody.** Child custody decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion, and factual findings are affirmed if…
ASKEW VS. ASKEW (CHILD CUSTODY)
Dec 13, 202323-40411 · 84315-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Standard of review.** District courts have broad discretion in child custody cases, reviewed for abuse of discretion; factual findings will not be disturbed if supported by substantial evidence — "evidence that a…
SAVARD VS. SAVARD (CHILD CUSTODY)
Apr 14, 202626-17099 · 89248-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Jurisdiction over the amended decree.** The court applied NRAP 4(a)(2) and NRAP 4(a)(6), holding that "[a] notice of appeal filed after the court announces a decision or order—but before the entry of the judgment or…
PINTO VS. GUARDADO-PINTO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Mar 24, 202323-09143 · 84909-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")This is an unpublished order of affirmance from the Court of Appeals reviewing a divorce decree and a child custody order out of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Court Division. **Standard of review…
FRANE VS. FRANE (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 22, 202323-27419 · 85498-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Standard of review.** The court reviewed custody determinations for abuse of discretion, affirming if supported by substantial evidence. Locklin v. Duka, 112 Nev. 1489, 1493, 929 P.2d 930, 933 (1996); Ellis v.…
LOPEZ VS. PENALOZA (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 3, 202525-24488 · 88714-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The panel (Bulla, Gibbons, Westbrook, JJ.) reviewed the district court's custody, child support, and alimony determinations for abuse of discretion. **Custody.** Applying Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d…
STUCKE VS. STUCKE (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 22, 202222-19789 · 82723-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's disposition of community property and its child custody determination for abuse of discretion, citing Kogod v. Cioffi-Kogod, 135 Nev. 64, 75, 439 P.3d 397, 406 (2019),…
HARRISON VS. HARRISON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 28, 201616-23434 · 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…
CARRERA VS. PETERSON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 6, 202691367-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's child custody decision for abuse of discretion, which occurs only when "no reasonable judge could reach a similar conclusion under the same circumstances." Ellis v.…
HACHAM VS. SEBAI (CHILD CUSTODY)
Mar 22, 202424-10151 · 86819-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order AFFIRMED.")**Custody.** The court reviewed the physical custody award for a clear abuse of discretion, citing Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (1999), and Davis v. Ewalefo, 131 Nev. 445, 450, 352 P.3d 1139,…
STEWART VS. STEWART (CHILD CUSTODY)
Feb 13, 202323-04371 · 83750-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.**Custody.** The court reviewed the custody determination for abuse of discretion, citing Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 428, 216 P.3d 213, 226 (2009), overruled on other grounds by Romano v. Romano, 138 Nev., Adv. Op.…
NANCE VS. FERRARO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Apr 5, 201818-90063 · 72454-COA · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review: Evidentiary rulings on motions in limine and child-custody determinations are reviewed for abuse of discretion. State ex rel. Dep't of Highways v. Nev. Aggregates & Asphalt Co., 92 Nev. 370, 376, 551…
HERNANDEZ-BASILIO VS. MARQUEZ-HERNANDEZ (CHILD CUSTODY)
Oct 13, 202323-33548 · 84487-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed each of Edgar's claims under the abuse-of-discretion standard. On physical custody, the court applied Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996), reviewing custody…
MIZRACHI VS. MIZRACHI (CHILD CUSTODY)
Sep 15, 201616-90106 · 66176-COA · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The Court of Appeals addressed the proper procedure for resolving a dispute over an ambiguous term in an agreement-based divorce decree governing custody. Threshold characterization: clarification vs. modification.…
WILLIAMS VS. WILLIAMS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 19, 202222-25929 · 83263-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.**Custody (three boys).** The court reviewed the custody determination for a clear abuse of discretion, citing Rico v. Rodriguez, 121 Nev. 695, 701, 120 P.3d 812, 816 (2005). It recognized the rebuttable presumption…
SOLINGER VS. SOLINGER (CHILD CUSTODY)
Apr 20, 202323-12320 · 84832-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.**Custody.** Child custody decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion, Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996), and will not be set aside if supported by substantial evidence, Ellis v.…
ROMANO VS. ROMANO (CHILD CUSTODY) C/W 81439
Jan 13, 202222-01343 · 81259 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review: Custody and child-support determinations are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 428, 438, 216 P.3d 213, 226, 232 (2009). A district court abuses its discretion in a…
ROMANO VS. ROMANO (CHILD CUSTODY) C/W 81439
Jan 13, 202222-01343 · 81439 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review: A district court's custody determinations, child-support decisions, and attorney-fees awards are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 216 P.3d 213 (2009); Kantor v.…
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