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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
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10 results for “NRS 128.105(1)(b)(5)”
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 J.B.J.
May 14, 202424-16818 · 86116 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.Standard of review: Questions of law are reviewed de novo, and the district court's factual findings are reviewed for substantial evidence - "that which 'a reasonable person may accept as adequate' to support a…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO R.T., K.G-T., N.H-T. AND E.H-T.
Jun 29, 201717-21668 · 70210 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The Court reviews a termination of parental rights for substantial evidence and does not "substitute its own judgment for that of the district court." In re Termination of Parental Rights as to N.J., 116 Nev. 790, 795,…
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 A.J.B.
Dec 15, 202222-39372 · 84130 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The court reviewed the procedural due process challenge de novo, citing Callie v. Bowling, 123 Nev. 181, 183, 160 P.3d 878, 879 (2007), for the requirement that a party receive notice and an opportunity to be heard. On…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO R.A.S.
Apr 24, 202525-18288 · 88174 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed.The Court began with a doctrinal framing distinguishing privately initiated termination petitions from those initiated by the state under NRS Chapter 128. While both fall within NRS Chapter 128 without statutory…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO S.V.
Aug 11, 202222-25200 · 83008 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The court applied the two-part termination framework under NRS 128.105(1) and In re Termination of Parental Rights as to N.J., 116 Nev. 790, 800-01, 8 P.3d 126, 132-33 (2000), requiring clear and convincing evidence of…
Tammila G. v. State, Department of Human Resources
Dec 28, 200646438 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review: A party petitioning to terminate parental rights must establish by clear and convincing evidence that (1) termination is in the child's best interest and (2) parental fault exists, citing NRS 128.105…
IN RE: MATTER OF E.R. C/W 73198
May 3, 201818-16764 · 73272 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petitions granted.Standard of review: A writ of mandamus may issue "to compel the performance of an act that the law requires or to control an arbitrary or capricious exercise of discretion." Clark Cty. Dist. Att'y v. Eighth Judicial…
IN RE: MATTER OF E.R. C/W 73198
May 3, 201818-16764 · 73198 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petitions granted.Standard of review: The court reviewed the consolidated original mandamus petitions under NRS 34.160, noting that mandamus is the appropriate vehicle to challenge an NRS Chapter 432B placement order because such orders…
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