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8 results for “NRS 123.080”
MIZRACHI VS. MIZRACHI (CHILD CUSTODY)
Sep 15, 2016132 Nev. Adv. Op. 66 (Ct. App. 2016) · 66176-COA · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The Court of Appeals addressed the proper procedure for resolving a dispute over an ambiguous term in an agreement-based divorce decree governing custody. Threshold characterization: clarification vs. modification.…
SNYDER VS. SNYDER C/W 82756/83029
Oct 20, 202222-32996 · 81887-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirming in part, reversing in part, and remanding (Docket No. 81887-COA); dismissing appeals (Docket No. 82756-COA and Docket No. 83029-COA).Docket No. 81887-COA (divorce decree). The court reviewed the subject matter jurisdiction challenge de novo. Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 667, 221 P.3d 699, 704 (2009). Raymond argued that neither party satisfied the…
BALLIN VS. BALLIN (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 27, 196278 Nev. 224, 371 P.2d 32 (1962) · 4467 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Affirmed.")The issue was whether a divorce decree that ratified, approved, and confirmed a property settlement and directed that it survive constituted an "installment judgment for alimony and support" modifiable under NRS…
FOLLETT VS. FOLLETT (FAMILY)
Apr 14, 202626-17096 · 90905-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's divorce-related decisions for an abuse of discretion, citing Williams v. Williams, 120 Nev. 559, 566, 97 P.3d 1124, 1129 (2004), and Davitian-Kostanian v. Kostanian,…
RUSH VS. RUSH (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Nov 7, 196985 Nev. 623, 460 P.2d 844 (1969) · 5783 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Judgment affirmed.")Collins, C.J. On the wife's appeal from a judgment enforcing a surviving property/support agreement, the court affirmed a $37,000 judgment for the husband. The court expressly declined to decide whether a court could…
DAY VS. DAY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Sep 15, 196480 Nev. 386, 395 P.2d 321 (1964) · 4738 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed.Thompson, J. The court held that a trial court's adoption (or incorporation) of a settlement agreement effectuates a merger of the agreement into the divorce decree, so that the parties' rights thereafter rest on the…
BAILEY VS. BAILEY (CHILD SUPPORT)
Jun 18, 197086 Nev. 483, 471 P.2d 220 (1970) · 6005 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The sole issue was whether a divorce decree ordering the father to pay child support 'until further order of the court, or until they reached the age of their majority' states a claim, enforceable against his estate,…
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…
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