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60 results for “NRS 125.150(5)”
HERNANDEZ-BASILIO VS. MARQUEZ-HERNANDEZ (CHILD CUSTODY)
Oct 13, 202323-33548 · 84487-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed each of Edgar's claims under the abuse-of-discretion standard. On physical custody, the court applied Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996), reviewing custody…
HEIM VS. HEIM (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Oct 28, 1988104 Nev. 605, 763 P.2d 678 (1988) · 18240 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for a new trial on the issue of alimony; cross-appeal dismissed. (Springer, J.; Gunderson, C.J., Steffen, Young, and Mowbray, JJ., concurring.)The court reversed a $500-per-month alimony award as an abuse of discretion, holding it was not, as a matter of law, 'just and equitable' under NRS 125.150(1) following a 35-year marriage. An appellate court will…
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…
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…
RODRIGUEZ VS. RODRIGUEZ (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Nov 30, 2000116 Nev. 993, 13 P.3d 415 (2000) · 30223 · Nevada Supreme Court
The portion of the decree denying alimony is reversed and the matter remanded to determine a just and equitable alimony award without consideration of the wife's fault or misconduct.The court held that a district court may not consider either party's marital misconduct or fault when deciding whether to award alimony. The 1993 amendment to NRS 125.150(1), which deleted the phrase 'having regard to…
SMITH VS. SMITH (CHILD CUSTODY)
Oct 24, 202525-46489 · 89755-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed Ronald's procedural due process arguments for plain error, citing Hamm v. Arrowcreek Homeowners' Ass'n, 124 Nev. 290, 300, 183 P.3d 895, 903 (2008), abrogated on other grounds by Saticoy…
LOCKETT VS. LOCKETT (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 22, 195975 Nev. 229, 338 P.2d 77 (1959) · 4140 · Nevada Supreme Court
Modified and, as modified, affirmed with costs to respondent. The decree was modified to award the 1956 Pontiac automobile to the husband; in all other respects the decree was affirmed.Per Curiam. On the husband's appeal from the community-property provisions of a divorce decree, the court modified and, as modified, affirmed. The husband contended the court awarded roughly two-thirds of the community…
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…
LEMKUIL VS. LEMKUIL (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jun 30, 197692 Nev. 423, 551 P.2d 427 (1976) · 7931 and 8037 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded in part (the divorce action, with instructions to award all arrearages accrued under the agreement to the date of the divorce decree); affirmed in part (the dismissal of the collateral action).The court (Mowbray, J.) decided a consolidated appeal arising from a divorce action and a collateral action to enforce a 1966 separation and property settlement agreement. The agreement required Norman to pay $400 per…
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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