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60 results for “NRS 125.150(4)”
IN RE: JOINT PETITION OF MCKENDRY (FAMILY)
Jul 1, 202690847-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED in part, and DISMISS this appeal in part.").The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's decisions concerning divorce proceedings for an abuse of discretion, citing Williams v. Williams, 120 Nev. 559, 566, 97 P.3d 1124, 1129 (2004), while noting that…
PAUL VS. PAUL (FAMILY)
Jun 30, 202689845-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, appeal dismissed in part without prejudice, and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's characterization of property under the substantial evidence standard. Waldman v. Maini, 124 Nev. 1121, 1128, 195 P.3d 850, 855 (2008). Under NRS 123.220, property…
MALMQUIST VS. MALMQUIST (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 24, 1990106 Nev. 231, 792 P.2d 372 (1990) · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part and reversed in part; the Court reversed the apportionment of the parties' interests in the marital residence and in the improvements and remanded, while affirming the classification of the greenhouse as community property and the judgment in all other respects.Rose, J. The Court adopted, with one modification, the apportionment method of In re Marriage of Moore, 618 P.2d 208 (Cal. 1980), for determining separate and community interests in the appreciation of a residence…
BYRD VS. BYRD
Sep 30, 2021137 Nev. Adv. Op. 60, 501 P.3d 458 (Ct. App. 2021) · 80548-COA · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review. The denial or grant of a motion under NRCP 60(b) is reviewed for abuse of discretion, with no deference to legal error. Cook v. Cook, 112 Nev. 179, 181-82, 912 P.2d 264, 265 (1996); AA Primo…
JOHNSON VS. JOHNSON (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jun 17, 196076 Nev. 318, 353 P.2d 449 (1960) · 4273 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Judgment affirmed.")By the Court, Pike, J. On the husband's appeal from a decree granting the wife a divorce for extreme cruelty and dividing community property, the court affirmed. Although the acts of violence occurred on a single…
WINN VS. WINN (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jan 16, 197086 Nev. 18, 467 P.2d 601 (1970) · 5921 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The only questions on appeal were the propriety of the award to the wife of $4,000 in lieu of a division of property interests and $100 per month alimony, with reserved jurisdiction over the alimony; the divorce,…
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…
RUPEL VS. GALTEN
Aug 16, 202323-26776 · 84076-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed divorce-proceeding decisions for abuse of discretion, declining to disturb decisions supported by substantial evidence - "evidence that 'a sensible person may accept as adequate to sustain…
GIORGI VS. GIORGI (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jan 5, 196177 Nev. 1, 358 P.2d 115 (1961) · 4307 · Nevada Supreme Court
Modified and, as modified, affirmed, with costs to appellant. ("It is ordered that the provisions of the judgment be modified accordingly and, as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, with costs to appellant.")On the wife's appeal from the property portion of a divorce decree, the husband sought restoration of separate funds contributed toward a jointly held home. Both parties accepted that separate funds paid toward property…
LESLEY VS. LESLEY (DIVORCE)
Jun 17, 1997113 Nev. 727; 941 P.2d 451 · 29116 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.The court reversed the denial of an NRCP 60(b)(1) motion to set aside a default divorce decree. Under NRCP 60(b), the district court has wide discretion, but that discretion cannot be sustained absent competent evidence…
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