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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
22 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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10 cases · counsel of record Marshal S. Willick · Custody & Relocation
BACKMAN VS. GELBMAN (CHILD CUSTODY) C/W 91070
Jun 16, 202688482-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("we ORDER the judgments of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Standard of review.** The court reviewed child-custody determinations, including parenting-time decisions, for abuse of discretion, affirming factual findings supported by substantial evidence and leaving credibility…
GILL VS. GILL (CHILD CUSTODY)
Mar 5, 2026142 Nev. Adv. Op. 19 (2026) · 89753 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review: subject matter jurisdiction is reviewed de novo; factual findings receive deference and are upheld if not clearly erroneous and supported by substantial evidence. Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660,…
POSEY VS. WALKENHORST (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 3, 202525-29113 · 89500-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part and vacated in part.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's legal custody determination for abuse of discretion, citing Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007), and Mack-Manley v. Manley, 122 Nev. 849, 858,…
MARTINEZ VS. MARTINEZ (CHILD CUSTODY)
Nov 27, 2024140 Nev. Adv. Op. 73, 559 P.3d 863 (2024) · 84148 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions.Standard of review. Child support determinations are reviewed for abuse of discretion under Flynn v. Flynn, 120 Nev. 436, 440, 92 P.3d 1224, 1227 (2004), but questions of law - including statutory and regulatory…
HERRMANN VS. HERRMANN (CHILD CUSTODY)
Sep 20, 202424-34792 · 88635-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed subject matter jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) de novo, citing Kragen v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 140 Nev., Adv. Op. 49, ___ P.3d ___…
HERRMANN VS. HERRMANN (CHILD CUSTODY)
Feb 8, 202424-04791 · 86246-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Dismissed in part and affirmed in part.The court addressed jurisdiction, then reached the merits of three challenges. As to jurisdiction over the order setting a vexatious litigant hearing, the court held that no statute or court rule authorizes an appeal…
MARTINEZ VS. MARTINEZ (CHILD CUSTODY)
Mar 23, 202323-08966 · 84148-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
"ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED."Standard of review: child-custody determinations, including parenting-time schedules, are reviewed for an abuse of discretion, Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 428, 216 P.3d 213, 226 (2009), overruled on other grounds by…
LUONG VS DIST. CT. (VAHEY)
Aug 29, 202222-27042 · 84743-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition granted in part and denied in part; writ of mandamus directed to issue, writ of prohibition denied.The court addressed a petition for extraordinary writ relief under the familiar framework: mandamus is available to compel an act the law requires as a duty or to control an arbitrary or capricious exercise of…
BLOUNT VS. BLOUNT (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 7, 2022138 Nev. Adv. Op. 52, 512 P.3d 1254 (2022) · 82095 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.This is a matter of first impression interpreting NRS 125A.465, Nevada's UCCJEA registration provision. The court applied de facto plain-meaning statutory construction, citing Washoe Med. Ctr. v. Second Judicial Dist.…
SENJAB VS. ALHULAIBI (CHILD CUSTODY)
Oct 21, 2021137 Nev. Adv. Op. 64, 497 P.3d 618 (2021) · 81515 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The court reviewed both subject-matter jurisdiction and statutory interpretation de novo, citing Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 667, 221 P.3d 699, 704 (2009), and Young v. Nev. Gaming Control Bd., 136 Nev. 584, 586, 473…
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.