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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
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8 results for “NRS 128.014(1)-(2)” in Termination of Parental Rights
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO S.A.T. (FAMILY)
Oct 2, 202525-43008 · 89258 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review: questions of law are reviewed de novo; the district court's factual findings are reviewed for substantial evidence. In re Parental Rts. as to A.L., 130 Nev. 914, 918, 337 P.3d 758, 761 (2014). The…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO G.V. (FAMILY)
Apr 17, 202525-17434 · 89089 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review: questions of law are reviewed de novo; the district court's factual findings are reviewed for substantial evidence. In re Parental Rts. as to A.L., 130 Nev. 914, 918, 337 P.3d 758, 761 (2014). To…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO T.F.F. (FAMILY)
Jun 18, 202525-26942 · 89626 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.Standard of review: questions of law are reviewed de novo; the district court's factual findings are reviewed for substantial evidence. In re Parental Rts. as to A.L., 130 Nev. 914, 918, 337 P.3d 758, 761 (2014).…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO A.P.M. AND E.M.M.
Sep 10, 201515-27323 · 64214 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review. A party petitioning to terminate parental rights must establish by clear and convincing evidence that termination is in the child's best interest and that parental fault exists, citing In re Parental…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO N.D.L. (FAMILY)
May 15, 202525-21908 · 89361 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The court applied the familiar two-prong termination framework under NRS 128.105(1) and In re Termination of Parental Rts. as to N.J., 116 Nev. 790, 800-01, 8 P.3d 126, 132-33 (2000): clear and convincing evidence of…
IN RE: WESTFALL
Aug 14, 202525-35742 · 88416 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The court applied the two-prong termination framework of NRS 128.105(1) and In re Termination of Parental Rts. as to N.J., 116 Nev. 790, 800-01, 8 P.3d 126, 132-33 (2000), requiring clear and convincing evidence of (1)…
In Re Parental Rights as to Cca
Apr 5, 201256723 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The Supreme Court of Nevada (Douglas, J., joined by Hardesty and Parraguirre, JJ.) addressed "the need for the district court to make express findings of fact in its written order or on the record, when determining…
In Re Nj
Dec 24, 200951125 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The court resolved two questions of first impression concerning the interplay between Nevada parental-termination law and the ICWA, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-63 (2006): (1) which burden of proof governs when both state and…
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