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145 results for “NRS 125.150” in Divorce, Property & Alimony
LEEMING VS. LEEMING (CHILD SUPPORT)
Nov 15, 197187 Nev. 530, 490 P.2d 342 (1971) · 6491 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed; appellant ordered to pay respondent an additional $1,000 for counsel's services on appeal.The court affirmed the district court's refusal to apply NRCP 68 to post-judgment proceedings in a divorce matter. Following the divorce, the respondent moved under NRS 125.140(2) to increase child support and, on…
KERLEY VS. KERLEY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 27, 1995111 Nev. 462, 893 P.2d 358 (1995) · 23220, 23506 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part and reversed in part; the apportionment of the Verde Way property was reversed and remanded, and the award of rehabilitative alimony was affirmed. (Subsequently modified on rehearing, 112 Nev. 36, 910 P.2d 279 (1996).)Per Curiam. In these consolidated divorce appeals, the court reversed the apportionment of the parties' real property and affirmed the award of rehabilitative alimony. Malmquist apportionment. Reviewing divorce…
SHYDLER VS. SHYDLER (ALIMONY)
Feb 26, 1998114 Nev. 192, 954 P.2d 37 (1998) · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed the denial of alimony and remanded to determine a fair award; reversed the trust provision and remanded for valuation and equal division of the collectibles; directed the district court to address an inconsistency in the valuation of Aztec; affirmed in all other respects, including the transmutation of Lot 54 to the husband's separate property.Shearing, J. Divorce decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion, and rulings supported by substantial evidence will not be disturbed, Williams v. Waldman, 108 Nev. 466, 836 P.2d 614 (1992); but alimony must be 'just…
BRADDOCK VS. BRADDOCK (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Nov 21, 197591 Nev. 735, 542 P.2d 1060 (1975) · 7740, 7875 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("The judgment and orders of the lower court are affirmed.")In consolidated appeals the court addressed the validity of an Ohio antenuptial agreement and the resulting property, support, and fee awards. Because the agreement was executed and to be performed in Ohio, Ohio law…
PATTERSON VS. PATTERSON
Apr 12, 202424-12779 · 84932-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")This is an appeal from the denial of an NRCP 60(b) motion to set aside a stipulated divorce decree. The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's ruling for abuse of discretion, noting that it "will not disturb the…
GHIBAUDO VS. KELLOGG-GHIBAUDO
Apr 21, 202222-12648 · 82248-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")Standard of review: The Court of Appeals reviews decisions in divorce proceedings, including spousal support awards, for an abuse of discretion, citing Williams v. Williams, 120 Nev. 559, 566, 97 P.3d 1124, 1129 (2004),…
KRICK VS. KRICK (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jan 29, 196076 Nev. 52, 348 P.2d 752 (1960) · 4225 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed with costs to respondent.By the Court, Pike, J. On the husband's appeal from denial of his NRCP 60(b)(4) motion to enter satisfaction of judgment, the court affirmed. The 1946 decree incorporated a property settlement providing $750 monthly…
SARGEANT VS. SARGEANT (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 7, 197288 Nev. 223, 495 P.2d 618 (1972) · 6567 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed as to the trust for the child, and remanded with directions to enter a modified decree.In this contested divorce, the trial court granted the wife the divorce as the party least at fault and awarded her a lump-sum support and maintenance award of $331,200, attorney's fees totaling $52,500, and ordered…
SASSLER VS. SASSLER
Jun 17, 202424-21011 · 87017-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's alimony and property rulings for abuse of discretion, noting that decisions in divorce proceedings will not be disturbed if supported by substantial evidence — "that…
STOJANOVICH VS. STOJANOVICH (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Nov 25, 197086 Nev. 789, 476 P.2d 950 (1970) · 6141 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for reconsideration of the property division.The only issues concerned the district court's disposition of property. Petor did not contest the characterization of the home as community property, challenging only its award. The court held the trial judge abused his…
APPLEBAUM VS. APPLEBAUM (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jul 5, 197793 Nev. 382, 566 P.2d 85 (1977) · 8713 and 8714 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The court (Mowbray, J.) affirmed in all respects. The principal issue was whether extrinsic fraud voided the 1972 property settlement agreement approved in the parties' first divorce. Distinguishing Moore v. Moore, 78…
LOFTON VS. LOFTON
May 9, 202424-16261 · 86302-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.The panel first addressed appellate jurisdiction over the divorce decree. Because the August 11, 2022 order adjudicating the parties' outstanding life insurance issues constituted the final judgment in the divorce…
PUTTERMAN VS. PUTTERMAN (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
May 22, 1997113 Nev. 606; 939 P.2d 1047 · 25598 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The court affirmed an unequal division of community property, clarifying the 'compelling reason' requirement under the 1993 amendment to NRS 125.150. As amended, NRS 125.150 requires an equal disposition of community…
ALLEN VS. ALLEN
Dec 18, 202424-48725 · 88401-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's decisions in the divorce proceeding, including the property division, alimony, and NRCP 60(b) rulings, for an abuse of discretion. See Williams v. Williams, 120 Nev.…
MCINNIS VS. MCINNIS (CHILD SUPPORT)
Aug 9, 197894 Nev. 532, 582 P.2d 802 (1978) · 9911 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("the order denying Appellant's motion to modify the judgment and decree of divorce by increasing the child support payments must be affirmed. . . . we affirm.")The court affirmed the denial of a mother's motion to increase child support. Jurisdiction to modify rested on NRS 125.140(2) (Cavell v. Cavell), and review is for abuse of discretion (Edwards v. Edwards). Applying the…
ZAHRINGER VS. ZAHRINGER (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jan 12, 196076 Nev. 21, 348 P.2d 161 (1960) · 4212 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed with costs to respondent. ("Judgment affirmed, with costs to respondent.")By the Court, Pike, J. On the wife's appeal from the portion of a divorce decree awarding certain Firestone stock to the husband as separate property, the court affirmed. Property acquired during coverture is presumed…
DAVIDSON VS. DAVIDSON
Sep 29, 2016132 Nev. Adv. Op. 71 (2016) · 67698 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review: Questions of statutory construction are reviewed de novo. I. Cox Constr. Co. v. CH2 Invs., LLC, 129 Nev. 139, 142, 296 P.3d 1202, 1203 (2013). Appellate jurisdiction: The Court first held that the…
HILDAHL VS. HILDAHL (CHILD SUPPORT)
Oct 15, 197995 Nev. 657, 601 P.2d 58 (1979) · 10220 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Affirmed.")The court affirmed a judgment for support arrearages and a contempt order against a father who unilaterally reduced fixed monthly support-and-maintenance payments when a child came to live with him. Accrued alimony and…
WALTZ VS. WALTZ (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jul 7, 1994110 Nev. 605, 877 P.2d 501 (1994) · 24141 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed.NRS 125.150(5) provides that on the payee spouse's remarriage 'all the payments required by the decree must cease, unless it was otherwise ordered by the court.' The decree tied the $200 monthly payment to…
CARNEY VS. MORURI
Mar 29, 202424-11254 · 85614-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's order setting aside a divorce decree and adjudicating an omitted asset for abuse of discretion, reviewing factual findings deferentially (not to be set aside unless…
RUTAR VS. RUTAR (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Mar 5, 1992108 Nev. 203, 827 P.2d 829 (1992) · 21993 · Nevada Supreme Court
Alimony award reversed and increased to $1,700 per month for eight years; the district court was directed to retain jurisdiction over the alimony award and the property division; remanded.The amount of alimony is within the district court's sound discretion, limited by NRS 125.150, which requires an award that is just and equitable, having regard to the respective merits of the parties and the condition…
THURSTON VS. THURSTON (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jul 13, 197187 Nev. 365, 487 P.2d 342 (1971) · 6291 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The wife appealed from a decree granting the husband a divorce and dividing the parties' property after a 34-year marriage; she had opposed the divorce and counterclaimed only for separate maintenance. Jurisdiction /…
SMITH VS. SMITH (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
May 15, 197894 Nev. 249, 578 P.2d 319 (1978) · 9072 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Affirmed.")The court affirmed the property division, alimony, and attorney's fee rulings in a divorce. Stock acquired by bequest is separate property under NRS 123.130(2); the court rejected the appellant's proposed "onerous…
PINTO VS. GUARDADO-PINTO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Mar 24, 202323-09143 · 84909-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")This is an unpublished order of affirmance from the Court of Appeals reviewing a divorce decree and a child custody order out of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Court Division. **Standard of review…
SOLINGER VS. SOLINGER (CHILD CUSTODY)
Apr 20, 202323-12320 · 84832-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.**Custody.** Child custody decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion, Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996), and will not be set aside if supported by substantial evidence, Ellis v.…
KRAMER VS. KRAMER (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Sep 11, 198096 Nev. 759, 616 P.2d 395 (1980) · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed; the order modifying the modified decree of divorce was reversed because the district court lacked jurisdiction to modify the property distribution.Batjer, J. A decree of divorce cannot be modified or set aside except as provided by rule or statute, Lam v. Lam, 86 Nev. 908, 478 P.2d 146 (1970). NRS 125.150(5) (later renumbered (6)) governed subsequent modification…
NEYMAN VS. NEYMAN
Aug 21, 202525-36828 · 86780-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.**Alimony modification jurisdiction (Siragusa).** The court reviewed questions of law, including interpretation of caselaw, de novo (Martin v. Martin), but treated whether a party is in arrears as a question of fact…
BURR VS. BURR (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
May 30, 198096 Nev. 480, 611 P.2d 623 (1980) · 11086 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed; the husband's motion for appellate attorney's fees denied.The Court (Gunderson, J.) affirmed a divorce decree challenged by both spouses. After a November 1977 decree terminated the marriage but reserved community property and visitation, a June 1978 'final' decree distributed…
ROWAN VS. WALKER
Sep 11, 202525-39849 · 87590-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's child support and alimony rulings for abuse of discretion, citing Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996), and Gilman v. Gilman, 114 Nev. 416,…
TAVARES VS. TAVARES
Mar 4, 202626-10136 · 88218-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's denial of an NRCP 60 motion to set aside for abuse of discretion, citing Cook v. Cook, 112 Nev. 179, 181-82, 912 P.2d 264, 265 (1996). It first established the…
FASSARI VS. FASSARI (FAMILY)
Oct 23, 202525-46389 · 90183-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.**Standard of review.** The court reviewed the district court's determination of personal jurisdiction de novo, citing Fulbright & Jaworski LLP v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 131 Nev. 30, 35, 342 P.3d 997, 1001 (2015). It…
HE VS. SU
Jul 10, 202323-21969 · 85068-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed both the grant of NRCP 60(b) relief and the modification of the alimony obligation for abuse of discretion, citing Rodriguez v. Fiesta Palms, LLC, 134 Nev. 654, 656, 428 P.3d 255, 257…
SHANE VS. SHANE (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jan 3, 196884 Nev. 20, 435 P.2d 753 (1968) · 5331 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Affirmed.")Mowbray, J. On the husband's appeal from a decree granting the wife a divorce for extreme cruelty and awarding her $16,500 'in lieu of all her community property rights, and as and for alimony,' the court affirmed. (1)…
LEVY VS. LEVY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Dec 29, 198096 Nev. 902, 620 P.2d 860 (1980) · 10896 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in all respects.The Court (per curiam) affirmed in all respects a divorce decree that declared the parties' settlement agreement valid. The parties married in 1968 and separated in 1976; after Louis filed for divorce, a pre-trial…
FREEMAN VS. FREEMAN (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jan 30, 196379 Nev. 33, 378 P.2d 264 (1963) · 4496 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.McNamee, J. Permanent alimony is wholly a creature of statute; there is no common-law power to grant it. Contrary to the appellant's contention, a Nevada court is not compelled to award alimony to a wife merely because…
BELLISARIO VS. BELLISARIO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Sep 16, 202222-29109 · 84128 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The court reviewed the procedural due process challenge de novo under Callie v. Bowling, 123 Nev. 181, 183, 160 P.3d 878, 879 (2007), and concluded that conducting trial on the noticed date did not violate due process…
FENKELL VS. FENKELL (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
May 21, 197086 Nev. 397, 469 P.2d 701 (1970) · 6052 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed except for the award of attorney's fees to the respondent, which is reversed and remanded with instructions to amend the judgment accordingly.The husband challenged financial awards in a divorce decree: child support of $125 per month, tuition allowances for the wife (lipreading school and beauty college), lump-sum alimony, and attorney's fees. The trial…
WILLIAMS VS. WILLIAMS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 19, 202222-25929 · 83263-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.**Custody (three boys).** The court reviewed the custody determination for a clear abuse of discretion, citing Rico v. Rodriguez, 121 Nev. 695, 701, 120 P.3d 812, 816 (2005). It recognized the rebuttable presumption…
ORTIZ VS. ORTIZ (CHILD CUSTODY)
Sep 3, 202525-38518 · 89440-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's community property determinations for an abuse of discretion, citing Eivazi v. Eivazi, 139 Nev. 408, 411, 537 P.3d 476, 482 (Ct. App. 2023). Property characterizations…
FISHER VS. WING (FAMILY)
May 28, 202626-24100 · 91269-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed an amended decree of divorce following its own prior remand in Fisher v. Wing, No. 87698-COA, 2025 WL 1770808 (Nev. Ct. App. Jun. 25, 2025). On the change-of-venue issue, the court noted…
SCHRYVER VS. SCHRYVER (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Mar 5, 1992108 Nev. 190, 826 P.2d 569 (1992) · 21888 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Addressing an issue of first impression in Nevada, the court held that a motion to modify alimony filed within the period of support contemplated by the divorce decree is timely under NRS 125.150(7), even though the…
BENAVIDEZ VS. BENAVIDEZ (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Sep 17, 197692 Nev. 539, 554 P.2d 256 (1976) · 8239 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.This brief per curiam opinion affirms a divorce judgment's property distribution. The district court dissolved the marriage and distributed real and personal property acquired both during the marriage and earlier, while…
FRANE VS. FRANE (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 22, 202323-27419 · 85498-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Standard of review.** The court reviewed custody determinations for abuse of discretion, affirming if supported by substantial evidence. Locklin v. Duka, 112 Nev. 1489, 1493, 929 P.2d 930, 933 (1996); Ellis v.…
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…
SHANK VS. SHANK (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Dec 10, 1984100 Nev. 695, 691 P.2d 872 (1984) · 15312 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed. ("Reversed.") The court held the alimony obligation terminated upon the payee spouse's remarriage ceremony and that the district court erred in reinstating it.Per Curiam (Springer, Mowbray, Steffen, and Gunderson, JJ., and Zenoff, Sr. J., concurring). The divorce decree and NRS 125.150(5) provided that alimony would cease upon the payee spouse's 'remarriage.' The payee…
THORNE VS. THORNE (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jun 18, 195874 Nev. 211, 326 P.2d 729 (1958) · 4050 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions to strike the challenged provisions. ("Reversed and remanded with instructions that paragraphs 2(a), 2(b) and 2(f) be stricken from the judgment and decree...")The husband appealed from decree provisions ordering him to pay the wife $20,000 in installments, to convey his five-eighths interest in New York real property, and to pay $2,500 in counsel fees, where the court had…
MCNABNEY VS. MCNABNEY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Nov 27, 1989105 Nev. 652, 782 P.2d 1291 (1989) · 17755 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed; cross-appeal dismissed. (Springer, J.; Mowbray, J., and Gunderson, Sr. J., concurring.)The court affirmed an unequal (80/20) division of a single item of community property - a contingent legal fee paid as an annuity - clarifying the governing standard under NRS 125.150(1). The dispositive question was…
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…
SMITH VS. SMITH (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Mar 25, 1986102 Nev. 110, 716 P.2d 229 (1986) · 16662 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for the community property to be ascertained and divided justly and equitably.The wife moved under NRCP 60(b)(2) to set aside the decree based on fraud, misrepresentation, or other misconduct. The court noted that a Rule 60(b) ruling is affirmed if sufficient evidence in the record supports it…
PORTNOY VS. PORTNOY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 30, 196581 Nev. 235, 401 P.2d 249 (1965) · 4837 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Thompson, J. Applying the divisible-divorce doctrine (Estin v. Estin, 334 U.S. 541 (1948); Armstrong v. Armstrong, 350 U.S. 568 (1956); Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt, 354 U.S. 416 (1957)), the court held that a valid ex…
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