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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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SAMAAN VS. SAMAAN (FAMILY)
Mar 30, 202690571 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Appeal and cross-appeal dismissed.This is a clerk's order dismissing an appeal and cross-appeal in a family-division matter pursuant to the parties' stipulation. The court acted under NRAP 42, which governs voluntary dismissal of appeals. The order…
GOLDSTEIN VS. GOLDSTEIN
Dec 2, 202525-52569 · 88541-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.The Court of Appeals reviewed the attorney fee award for abuse of discretion. Logan v. Abe, 131 Nev. 260, 266, 350 P.3d 1139, 1143 (2015). An abuse of discretion "can occur when the district court bases its decision on…
ROBERSON VS. ROBERSON C/W 87925
Oct 9, 202525-44182 · 87774-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Standard of review.** The court reviews awards of attorney fees for abuse of discretion. Chowdhry v. NLVH, Inc., 109 Nev. 478, 485, 851 P.2d 459, 464 (1993). A district court abuses its discretion when its findings…
POLK VS. ROWLAND
Jul 2, 202525-28834 · 86937-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded ("we reverse the district court's decisions rejecting Polk's motions to enforce the decree of divorce" and "remand for further proceedings").The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's divorce-related rulings for abuse of discretion. It cited Williams v. Williams, 120 Nev. 559, 566, 97 P.3d 1124, 1129 (2004), and Schwartz v. Schwartz, 126 Nev. 87, 90,…
ROBERSON VS. ROBERSON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Nov 15, 202323-37125 · 85635-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The court addressed two issues under different standards of review. On the decree-interpretation issue, the court reviewed the district court's interpretation of the divorce decree de novo, treating it as a question of…
HURD VS. OPIPARI (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 22, 202323-27372 · 85537-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.Standard of review: The district court has broad discretion in child custody matters, and the appellate court will not disturb custody determinations absent a clear abuse of discretion. Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145,…
DIMONACO VS. FERRANDO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Apr 28, 202222-13553 · 80576-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's custodial determination for abuse of discretion, noting that custody determinations will not be disturbed absent a clear abuse of discretion, but that the district…
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.