Case library
Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
2 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 TMR Law Group
ORTEGA VS. ORTEGA (CHILD CUSTODY)
Nov 10, 202691803-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the post-decree custody modification for an abuse of discretion. Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007). An abuse of discretion occurs "when a district court's…
ORTEGA VS. DIST. CT. (ORTEGA) (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 1, 202692312-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Petition granted in part and denied in part; the court directed the Clerk to issue a writ of mandamus instructing the district court to vacate the bench warrant issued against Medina.The Court of Appeals addressed a petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition in a child custody matter. It set out the governing standards: mandamus is available to compel performance of an act the law requires as a…
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.