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 Curtis R. Rawlings
RONCHI VS. RONCHI
Aug 31, 202688799-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Order affirming in part, reversing in part, vacating in part and remanding.Standard of review and choice of law. The court reviewed the divorce-related determinations for abuse of discretion, quoting Williams v. Williams, 120 Nev. 559, 566, 97 P.3d 1124, 1129 (2004) ("This court reviews…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO S.A.T. (FAMILY)
Oct 2, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. 46 (2025) · 89258 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review: questions of law are reviewed de novo; the district court's factual findings are reviewed for substantial evidence. In re Parental Rts. as to A.L., 130 Nev. 914, 918, 337 P.3d 758, 761 (2014). The…
ASKEW VS. ASKEW (CHILD CUSTODY)
Dec 13, 202323-40411 · 84315-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Standard of review.** District courts have broad discretion in child custody cases, reviewed for abuse of discretion; factual findings will not be disturbed if supported by substantial evidence — "evidence that a…
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.