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Nevada family-law decisions, briefed for practice.
1201 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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55 cases · Child Welfare - NRS ch. 432B - protection from abuse and neglect.
IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO A.P.M. AND E.M.M.
Sep 10, 2015131 Nev. Adv. Op. 66 (2015) · 64214 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.Standard of review. A party petitioning to terminate parental rights must establish by clear and convincing evidence that termination is in the child's best interest and that parental fault exists, citing In re Parental…
In re Parental Rights as to A.L.
Nov 13, 2014130 Nev. Adv. Op. 91 (2014) · 63311 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The Nevada Supreme Court, sitting en banc in an opinion by Justice Parraguirre, reversed a district court order terminating a mother's parental rights and remanded for a new trial, holding that DFS confessed error under…
IN RE FIVE MINORS (CHILD WELFARE)
Dec 4, 1986102 Nev. 521, 728 P.2d 1357 (1986) · 17237 (c/w 17238, 17239, 17240, 17286) · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in each of the five consolidated appeals.The court construed NRS 62.211(1)(g), which provides that a juvenile court "may . . . require the child to participate in a program designed to provide restitution." It held that this permissive authorization does not…
IN RE TWO MINOR CHILDREN (CHILD WELFARE)
Mar 16, 197995 Nev. 225, 592 P.2d 166 (1979) · 9918, 10127, 10132 · Nevada Supreme Court
Placement order affirmed; cost order reversed; writ of prohibition granted. ("the order directing the Division to pay the costs of treatment is reversed and the writ of prohibition prohibiting the respondent judge from holding a show cause hearing is granted. The placement order is affirmed, and the county ordered to pay the costs of care and treatment.")On petitions for a writ of prohibition and appeals in juvenile proceedings, the court held: (1) prohibition was proper under NRS 34.320 and NRS 34.330 because the petitioners faced a potential contempt order with no…
STRONG VS. STRONG (CHILD WELFARE)
Feb 24, 195470 Nev. 290, 267 P.2d 240 (1954) · 3771 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed with costs. ("The judgment of the district court is affirmed with costs.")A minor child, through his guardian ad litem, sued his mother for the wrongful death of his father, alleging her negligent, grossly negligent, and wilful driving caused the death; the complaint alleged the child and…
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