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2 results for “NRS 159.079(1)”
IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF C.A.C., A.M.C., AND C.A.C. (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 23, 202424-30161 · 86229 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded.The opinion addresses which standard governs a parent's petition to terminate a pre-2017 guardianship: the post-2017 statute, NRS 159A.1915, with its heightened "substantially enhanced" showing for non-consenting…
FISHER VS. FISHER (GUARDIANSHIP)
Oct 19, 198399 Nev. 762, 670 P.2d 572 (1983) · 15069 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing before a different judge to adjudicate the guardianship petition, including legal and physical custody. ("Reversed and remanded.")The court reviewed the summary dismissal of a guardianship petition and reversed. It first held that an ex-stepparent has standing to seek guardianship as a "concerned person" under NRS 159.044(1), and that a guardian,…
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