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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 David C. O'Mara · Custody & Relocation
CURRERI VS. MAYHALL (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 23, 202690197-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.The court reviewed the denial of a motion to modify physical custody without an evidentiary hearing for an abuse of discretion, citing Myers v. Haskins, 138 Nev. 558, 556, 513 P.3d 527, 531 (Ct. App. 2022). A district…
CURRERI VS. MAYHALL (CHILD CUSTODY)
Sep 9, 202525-39473 · 90197-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.The Court of Appeals reviewed the denial of a motion to modify physical custody without an evidentiary hearing for abuse of discretion, citing Myers v. Haskins, 138 Nev. 553, 556, 513 P.3d 527, 531 (Ct. App. 2022), and…
GARVER VS. GARVER (CHILD CUSTODY)
May 27, 202222-17013 · 82471-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
"[W]e ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED."Standard of review. The court applied abuse-of-discretion review to the custody determinations, quoting Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007): "We have repeatedly recognized the district court's…
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