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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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2 cases · counsel of record JK Nelson Law · Custody & Relocation
BELL VS. ROBINSON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 25, 202525-27918 · 89297-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's child custody determination for a clear abuse of discretion, deferring to factual findings supported by substantial evidence — "evidence that a reasonable person would…
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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