Case library
Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
3 decisions, organized by topic. Practitioner summaries with key holdings, posture, disposition, and the statutes cited - up front, where you need them. Every summary links to the full opinion.
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3 cases · counsel of record Abraham G. Smith
NEYMAN VS. NEYMAN
Aug 21, 202525-36828 · 86780-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.**Alimony modification jurisdiction (Siragusa).** The court reviewed questions of law, including interpretation of caselaw, de novo (Martin v. Martin), but treated whether a party is in arrears as a question of fact…
HOSNY VS. HOSNY
Dec 22, 202222-40133 · 82388-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded.The court reviewed the district court's factual findings for abuse of discretion, setting them aside only if clearly erroneous or unsupported by substantial evidence (Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 668, 221 P.3d 699, 704…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO L.L.S.
May 27, 2021137 Nev. Adv. Op. 22 (2021) · 79124 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review: Constitutional questions, including a parent's procedural due process rights in a termination proceeding, are reviewed de novo. In re Parental Rights as to M.F., 132 Nev. 209, 212, 371 P.3d 995, 997…
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