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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
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4 results for “NRS 53.045”
MYERS VS. HASKINS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 30, 202222-20749 · 83576-COA · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions.Standard of review: A district court's decision to deny a motion to modify physical custody without an evidentiary hearing is reviewed for abuse of discretion. Bautista v. Picone, 134 Nev. 334, 338, 419 P.3d 157, 160…
BROFMAN VS. FIORE (CHILD CUSTODY) C/W 83865
May 15, 202323-15340 · 83807-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Order dismissing appeal in part and affirming in part (Docket No. 83807-COA), and dismissing appeal (Docket No. 83865-COA).Appellate jurisdiction. The court reiterated that it has jurisdiction only where an appeal is authorized by statute or court rule, citing Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013).…
DOUGLAS VS. DOUGLAS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Nov 17, 202222-36178 · 84129-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's denial of a motion to modify custody without an evidentiary hearing for abuse of discretion, citing Bautista v. Picone, 134 Nev. 334, 338, 419 P.3d 157, 160 (2018), and…
MESI VS. MESI
Dec 31, 202020-47005 · 79137 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions.The Court reviewed the constitutional due process question de novo, citing Callie v. Bowling, 123 Nev. 181, 183, 160 P.3d 878, 879 (2007), and reviewed application of the first-to-file rule for abuse of discretion,…
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