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8 results for “NRS 159A.061(3)(c)”
IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF A. A L. R. (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jan 15, 202525-02174 · 88396-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed a district court's denial of a minor guardianship petition under an abuse-of-discretion standard: "Absent a showing of abuse, we will not disturb the district court's exercise of discretion…
IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF C.T.F. AND P.G.S.
Mar 23, 202222-09172 · 83443-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Standard of review.** The court reviewed the admissibility-of-hearsay ruling for abuse of discretion, citing In re Termination of Parental Rights as to N.J., 116 Nev. 790, 804, 8 P.3d 126, 135 (2000). It reviewed the…
IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF C.T.F. AND P.G.S.
Sep 19, 202424-34636 · 87554-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded to grant the petition for termination of the guardianships and to implement the children's timely transition to Kristin's custody.The appeal presented two issues: (1) whether the district court erred in requiring Kristin to demonstrate substantial enhancement under NRS 159A.1915, and (2) whether the district court abused its discretion in finding…
B.Y. AND A.F. VS. DIST. CT. (BURDISS)
Apr 25, 202424-14530 · 88027 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition granted in part.The court treated this as an emergency original writ proceeding because no adequate legal remedy existed to challenge denial of temporary guardianship. NRS 34.170. Mandamus review applies the…
B.Y. AND A.F. VS. DIST. CT. (BURDISS)
Mar 8, 202424-08411 · 88027 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition granted in part. Writ of mandamus issued directing the district court to reconsider the petition for temporary guardianship on an expedited basis.The Court reviewed the denial of an ex parte temporary-guardianship petition through original writ jurisdiction, concluding no adequate legal remedy existed to challenge the denial. NRS 34.170. Relief is warranted upon…
IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF M.J.V. C/W 87710
May 22, 202525-22815 · 86816-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")Standard of review. The court applied abuse-of-discretion review to the guardianship determination: "Absent a showing of abuse, we will not disturb the district court's exercise of discretion concerning guardianship…
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…
IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF M.F.M. AND M.G.M.
May 13, 202222-15247 · 82469 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The appeal turned on the construction and application of NRS 159A.1915, which the court reviewed de novo as to statutory construction. Williams v. United Parcel Servs., 129 Nev. 386, 391, 302 P.3d 1144, 1147 (2013).…
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