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 Andrew J. Semprazik
RAPPA VS. LORICO (FAMILY)
Mar 6, 202589757 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Appeal dismissed.This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal pursuant to a stipulation of the parties under NRAP 42. The court did not reach the merits and announced no substantive rule of law. The order recites that, per the…
RAPPA VS. DIST. CT. (LORICO) (FAMILY)
Mar 5, 202525-10080 · 89820-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition dismissed.This is an order dismissing an original writ proceeding based on a stipulation of the parties. The petitioner sought extraordinary relief in the form of a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition. Rather than reaching the…
RUPEL VS. GALTEN
Aug 16, 202323-26776 · 84076-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed divorce-proceeding decisions for abuse of discretion, declining to disturb decisions supported by substantial evidence - "evidence that 'a sensible person may accept as adequate to sustain…
Every summary is independently verified against the source opinion; summaries are informational research aids, not legal advice, and no substitute for reading the decision. Topic groupings are derived automatically from each case’s category tag and cited statutes; a case may appear under two topics.