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 Marilyn A. Caston
LIKUA VS. GOMEZ (CHILD CUSTODY)
Oct 30, 202525-47479 · 90164-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("Accordingly, we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Standard of review.** Child custody decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007). Factual findings are affirmed if supported by substantial evidence —…
DOUGLAS VS. DOUGLAS
Oct 11, 202424-38333 · 86888-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the denial of attorney fees in a divorce proceeding for abuse of discretion, citing Miller v. Wilfong, 121 Nev. 619, 622, 119 P.3d 727, 729 (2005). It reiterated that attorney fees and…
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO L.R.S., J.M.S. AND J.L.S.
Sep 19, 2024140 Nev. Adv. Op. 62 (2024) · 86682 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review. The court reviewed conclusions of law, including statutory construction, de novo (Dewey v. Redev. Agency of Reno, 119 Nev. 87, 93-94, 64 P.3d 1070, 1075 (2003)), and factual findings for substantial…
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.