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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
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7 cases · counsel of record Kainen Law Group · Custody & Relocation
MARTINELLI VS. DEL REAL (FAMILY)
Dec 9, 202525-53628 · 88908-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
"ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED."The Court of Appeals reviewed each assignment of error under the abuse-of-discretion standard. On the motion to reopen discovery, the court applied the standard that "[d]iscovery matters are within the district court's…
HANSEN VS. HANSEN (CHILD CUSTODY)
Dec 26, 202323-41858 · 84435-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
"ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED."The Court of Appeals reviewed each of Irina's claims under an abuse-of-discretion standard and affirmed. Child support. Child support orders are reviewed for abuse of discretion, Edgington v. Edgington, 119 Nev. 577,…
SUPNICK VS. SUPNICK (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 24, 202323-27641 · 85818-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Appeal dismissed.The Court of Appeals addressed appellate jurisdiction on its own initiative through a show cause order, applying Nevada's finality rules to a post-divorce-decree custody context. The dispositive question was whether the…
WALLACE VS. WALLACE (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 22, 202222-19787 · 83591-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's denial of a motion to modify physical custody without an evidentiary hearing for an abuse of discretion. See Bautista v. Picone, 134 Nev. 334, 338, 419 P.3d 157, 160…
BARBER VS. BARBER (CHILD CUSTODY)
Feb 17, 202222-05304 · 83201-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded ("ORDER this matter REVERSED AND REMAND to the district court for proceedings consistent with this order").Standard of review: A motion to set aside a default judgment "is addressed largely to the sound discretion of the court, and will not be disturbed on review unless there has been an abuse of discretion." Cicerchia v.…
HARRISON VS. HARRISON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 28, 2016132 Nev. Adv. Op. 56 (2016) · 66157 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The court reviewed the district court's denial of modification under an abuse of discretion standard. See Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007). The opinion situates the analysis at the…
Potter v. Potter
Sep 22, 2005121 Nev. 613, 119 P.3d 1246 (2005) · 42488 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions.The en banc court, per Becker, C.J., addressed whether NRS 125C.200 applies to parties who share joint physical custody. The court reviewed the question de novo, noting that "Statutory interpretation is a question of…
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.