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12 results for “NRS Chapter 125” in Divorce, Property & Alimony
NANCE VS. FERRARO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Apr 5, 201818-90063 · 72454-COA · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review: Evidentiary rulings on motions in limine and child-custody determinations are reviewed for abuse of discretion. State ex rel. Dep't of Highways v. Nev. Aggregates & Asphalt Co., 92 Nev. 370, 376, 551…
DAVIS VS. EWALEFO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 2, 201515-20176 · 63731 · Nevada Supreme Court
Petition for reconsideration granted; affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.Standard of review: The district court has "broad discretionary power" in determining child custody, including visitation, Hayes v. Gallacher, 115 Nev. 1, 4, 972 P.2d 1138, 1140 (1999); Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev.…
KLABACKA VS. NELSON C/W 66772
May 25, 201717-17511 · 66772 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.**Subject-matter jurisdiction.** Reviewing de novo (Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 667, 221 P.3d 699, 704 (2009); Landreth v. Malik, 127 Nev. 175, 179, 251 P.3d 163, 166 (2011)), the court rejected Eric's Trust's…
HALL VS. LOFTIS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 3, 202222-17755 · 81461-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The court applied de novo review to Hall's jurisdictional challenges. Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 667, 221 P.3d 699, 704 (2009). On the divorce-decree jurisdiction issue, the court noted Loftis pleaded only separate…
KLABACKA VS. NELSON C/W 66772
May 25, 201717-17511 · 68292 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.The Supreme Court, sitting en banc, addressed nine principal issues arising from a divorce that involved two valid Nevada self-settled spendthrift trusts. **Subject-matter jurisdiction.** Reviewing de novo (Ogawa v.…
HARRISON VS. HARRISON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 28, 201616-23434 · 66157 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The court reviewed the district court's denial of modification under an abuse of discretion standard. See Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007). The opinion situates the analysis at the…
ROMANO VS. ROMANO (CHILD CUSTODY) C/W 81439
Jan 13, 202222-01343 · 81259 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review: Custody and child-support determinations are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 428, 438, 216 P.3d 213, 226, 232 (2009). A district court abuses its discretion in a…
Fernandez v. Fernandez
Feb 4, 201051423 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The question presented was "whether parents can, by stipulation, eliminate or abridge a trial court's statutory authority to review and modify a child support order." The court answered no, holding that a stipulated…
Gonzales-Alpizar v. Griffith
Jan 30, 201459387 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The court resolved two issues of first impression: (1) whether a Costa Rican spousal and child support order is enforceable in Nevada under UIFSA, codified at NRS Chapter 130, and (2) whether it may be enforced under…
St. Mary v. Damon
Oct 3, 201358315 · 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…
EIVAZI VS. EIVAZI
Oct 5, 202323-32631 · 84427-COA · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.Standard of review. The court reviewed alimony determinations, attorney fee awards, and disposition of community property (including underlying marital waste determinations) for abuse of discretion. Kogod v.…
ROMANO VS. ROMANO (CHILD CUSTODY) C/W 81439
Jan 13, 202222-01343 · 81439 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review: A district court's custody determinations, child-support decisions, and attorney-fees awards are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 216 P.3d 213 (2009); Kantor v.…
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