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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
7 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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POSEY VS. WALKENHORST (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 3, 202525-29113 · 89500-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part and vacated in part.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's legal custody determination for abuse of discretion, citing Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007), and Mack-Manley v. Manley, 122 Nev. 849, 858,…
SCHRICKER VS. SCHRICKER
May 16, 202525-22003 · 87984-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The Court of Appeals addressed a series of assignments of error under differing standards of review. **Jurisdiction.** Reviewing subject matter jurisdiction de novo (Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 667, 221 P.3d 699, 704…
TESHOME VS. JIRU (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 21, 202424-21635 · 87228-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded ("ORDER the judgment of the district court REVERSED AND REMAND this matter to the district court for proceedings consistent with this order").Standard of review: a district court's relocation decision is reviewed for an abuse of discretion, Flynn v. Flynn, 120 Nev. 486, 440, 92 P.3d 1224, 1227 (2004), and factual findings are upheld if supported by…
OLSON VS. OLSON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Feb 22, 202424-06475 · 86237-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the denial of a motion to modify physical custody under the abuse-of-discretion standard, citing Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007). An abuse of discretion occurs…
ARMSTRONG VS. BALL (CHILD CUSTODY)
Oct 5, 202323-32588 · 85718-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded. ("ORDER OF REVERSAL AND REMAND")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's child custody and child support determinations for an abuse of discretion under Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 428, 438, 216 P.3d 213, 226, 232 (2009), overruled on…
CHRISTENSEN VS. LOVETT (CHILD CUSTODY)
May 20, 202222-16059 · 83661-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed a child-custody modification for abuse of discretion, affirming custody determinations supported by substantial evidence — "that which a reasonable person may accept as adequate to sustain…
CALKINS VS. HUBER (CHILD CUSTODY)
Feb 17, 202222-05300 · 83053-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded.The Court of Appeals resolved the appeal on procedural grounds, declining to reach the merits of the remaining arguments beyond the first issue. The court identified two procedural defects. First, the district court…
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.