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155 results for “NRS 125.150”
GORDEN VS. GORDEN (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Sep 19, 197793 Nev. 494, 569 P.2d 397 (1977) · 8696 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The court (Breen, D.J.) affirmed a divorce property division despite the district court's failure to make express findings classifying each asset. Where express findings are absent, the Supreme Court will imply findings…
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…
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…
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…
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