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3 results for “NRS 432B.457(1)”
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…
MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF N.S. (GUARDIANSHIP)
Mar 16, 2006122 Nev. 305, 130 P.3d 657 (2006) · 43919, 45415 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petitions granted. The court directed issuance of a writ of mandamus ordering the district court to vacate its orders denying the guardianship and visitation petitions and to reconsider them consistent with the opinion.These were consolidated original petitions for writs of mandamus challenging denial of a maternal grandmother's guardianship and visitation petitions arising in NRS Chapter 432B abuse and neglect proceedings. Mandamus…
DESTIN VS. DIST. CT. (HANDWERKER-LAMASTER) (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 28, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. 42 (2025) · 89114 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition denied.Standard of review. Mandamus may issue under NRS 34.160 to compel performance of an act the law requires, and under Nev. Const. art. 6, § 4. Relief is available only where the district court "manifestly abused [its]…
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