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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
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21 results for “NRS 128.105(3)”
WASHOE CTY. HUMAN SERVS. AGENCY VS. DIST. CT. (C.-S.)
Dec 29, 202222-40818 · 83422 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition denied.The court (Hardesty, C.J., for an en banc court) addressed two threshold issues — writ jurisdiction and mootness — before reaching a substantive due process question. Writ jurisdiction. Citing NRS 34.170, In re William…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO S.A.T. (FAMILY)
Oct 2, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. 46 (2025) · 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 WEINPER (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS)
May 30, 1996112 Nev. 710, 918 P.2d 325 (1996) · 27047 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. The order terminating parental rights was affirmed.By the Court, Rose, J. (Steffen, C.J., Young and Shearing, JJ., concurring). The court affirmed an order terminating parental rights, rejecting due-process, jurisdictional, and dispositional challenges. Due process.…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO: K.C. (FAMILY)
Feb 12, 202626-07184 · 90171 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.Standard of review: questions of law are reviewed de novo; 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). Substantial evidence is…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO A.B.
Mar 9, 202323-07328 · 84147 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The court reviewed a termination of parental rights, applying its established standard: questions of law de novo and factual findings for substantial evidence. In re Parental Rights as to A.L., 130 Nev. 914, 918, 337…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO A.J.B.
Oct 11, 202424-38299 · 85539 · 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 — evidence "a reasonable person may accept as adequate" to support a conclusion. In…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO T.M.R.
May 27, 2021137 Nev. Adv. Op. 23 (2021) · 81032 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The opinion resolves an ambiguity in Nevada's civil discovery framework as applied to parental-rights terminations. The Court reviews a denial of a motion in limine for abuse of discretion under State ex rel. Department…
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 G.J.M., F.M.
Sep 15, 202222-28921 · 83928 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The court reviewed a termination order under the familiar two-prong framework of 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): clear and convincing…
WASHOE COUNTY DSS VS. KORY L.G. (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS)
Feb 28, 2013129 Nev. 125, 295 P.3d 589 (2013) · 60071 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.By the Court, Douglas, J. (Pickering, C.J., and Gibbons, Hardesty, Parraguirre, Cherry, and Saitta, JJ., concurring; en banc). The court addressed whether a nonoffending parent - whose child was placed in state custody…
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.D.L. AND C.L.B., JR.
Oct 5, 2017133 Nev. Adv. Op. 72 (2017) · 69047 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed.The court reviewed the district court's findings of fact for substantial evidence, applying close scrutiny because termination of parental rights is "tantamount to imposition of a civil death penalty." 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: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO R.T., K.G-T., N.H-T. AND E.H-T.
Jun 29, 2017133 Nev. Adv. Op. 38 (2017) · 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 L.R.S., J.M.S. AND J.L.S.
Sep 19, 2024140 Nev. Adv. Op. 62 (2024) · 86682 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review. The court reviewed conclusions of law, including statutory construction, de novo (Dewey v. Redev. Agency of Reno, 119 Nev. 87, 93-94, 64 P.3d 1070, 1075 (2003)), and factual findings for substantial…
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 R.A.S.
Apr 24, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. 20 (2025) · 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 M.F., M.F. & N.F.
Mar 31, 2016132 Nev. Adv. Op. 19 (2016) · 67063 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review. Constitutional questions, including the right to a jury trial, are reviewed de novo. Awada v. Shuffle Master, Inc., 123 Nev. 613, 618, 173 P.3d 707, 711 (2007). Termination orders are reviewed for…
St. Mary v. Damon
Oct 3, 2013129 Nev. 647, 309 P.3d 1027 (2013) · 58315 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions.The court reviewed the legal questions de novo, citing State Indus. Ins. Sys. v. United Exposition Servs. Co., 109 Nev. 28, 30, 846 P.2d 294, 295 (1998) ("Questions of law are reviewed de novo."). Parentage is…
PHILIP R. VS. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT (CHILD WELFARE)
May 3, 2018134 Nev. 223, 416 P.3d 242 (2018) · 73198 (c/w 73272) · Nevada Supreme Court
Petitions for writ relief granted; writ of mandamus to issue directing the district court to vacate the order placing the child with the maternal relatives and to conduct a trial de novo consistent with NRS 128.110(2). Prior stay vacated.By the Court, Cherry, J. (Parraguirre and Stiglich, JJ., concurring). Consolidated original petitions for writs of mandamus challenging a district court placement order entered after termination of parental rights.…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO J.J.H.
Oct 11, 202222-32067 · 83776 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded.The court applied the two-prong termination framework of NRS 128.105(1): clear and convincing evidence of (1) at least one ground of parental fault and (2) that termination is in the child's best interest. See In re…
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