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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
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3 results for “NRS 126.081”
HARGROVE VS. WARD
Mar 24, 2022138 Nev. Adv. Op. 14, 506 P.3d 329 (2022) · 81331 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.Standard of review: A district court's child support determination is reviewed for abuse of discretion. Miller v. Miller, 134 Nev. 120, 125, 412 P.3d 1081, 1085 (2018). Statutory construction is reviewed de novo. Id. at…
MARTINEZ VS. AVILA, JR. (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 30, 2022138 Nev. Adv. Op. 49, 512 P.3d 758 (2022) · 83023 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.**Standard of review.** The court applies deferential review to the district court's factual findings, setting them aside only if clearly erroneous or unsupported by substantial evidence, while reviewing legal questions…
HERMANSON VS. HERMANSON (PATERNITY)
Dec 22, 1994110 Nev. 1400, 887 P.2d 1241 (1994) · 25113 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings; the derivative award of joint legal custody to David also reversed.The court applied the substantial-relationship test for choice of law (Sievers v. Diversified Mtg. Investors, 95 Nev. 811, 815, 603 P.2d 270, 273 (1979)): the state whose law applies must have a substantial relationship…
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