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41 results for “NRS 123.220” in Divorce, Property & Alimony
ANSELL VS. ANSELL
May 28, 202424-18595 · 83916-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.**Standard of review.** The court reviewed determinations made in a divorce decree for abuse of discretion, citing Devries v. Gallio, 128 Nev. 706, 709, 290 P.3d 260, 263 (2012). Interpretation and construction of…
STUCKE VS. STUCKE (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 22, 202222-19789 · 82723-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's disposition of community property and its child custody determination for abuse of discretion, citing Kogod v. Cioffi-Kogod, 135 Nev. 64, 75, 439 P.3d 397, 406 (2019),…
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 ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")This is an unpublished order of affirmance from the Court of Appeals reviewing a divorce decree and a child custody order out of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Court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…
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…
SCHRICKER VS. SCHRICKER
May 16, 202525-22003 · 87984-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The Court of Appeals addressed a series of assignments of error under differing standards of review. **Jurisdiction.** Reviewing subject matter jurisdiction de novo (Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 667, 221 P.3d 699, 704…
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…
KLABACKA VS. NELSON C/W 66772
May 25, 2017133 Nev. Adv. Op. 24 (2017) · 68292 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.The Supreme Court, sitting en banc, addressed nine principal issues arising from a divorce that involved two valid Nevada self-settled spendthrift trusts. **Subject-matter jurisdiction.** Reviewing de novo (Ogawa v.…
KOGOD VS. CIOFFI-KOGOD C/W 71994
Apr 25, 2019135 Nev. 64, 439 P.3d 397 (2019) · 71994 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions.Standard of review. The court reviews divorce-decree decisions, including alimony and community property dispositions, for abuse of discretion. Buchanan v. Buchanan, 90 Nev. 209, 215, 523 P.2d 1, 5 (1974); Wolff v.…
SOTELO VS. SOTELO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Sep 30, 202525-42702 · 88638-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.**Standard of review.** The court reviewed the district court's alimony and community property determinations for abuse of discretion, citing Kivazi v. Etvazi, 139 Nev. 408, 411, 537 P.3d 476, 482 (Ct. App. 2023).…
ANDERSON VS. ANDERSON (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Aug 28, 1991107 Nev. 570, 816 P.2d 463 (1991) · 20367 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The district court's property division is affirmed where supported by substantial evidence. The unequal division of the parties' joint accounts was just and equitable in light of the overall distribution, including…
FORREST VS. FORREST (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Aug 31, 198399 Nev. 602, 668 P.2d 275 (1983) · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed the order denying the motion to amend judgment and remanded for further proceedings, including reconsideration of the character of the residence, consideration of alimony under the governing standards, division of the mobile home as community property, and the taking of further evidence regarding retirement benefits.Per Curiam. All property acquired after marriage is presumed community property, rebuttable only by clear and convincing evidence, NRS 123.220; Cord v. Cord, 98 Nev. 210, 644 P.2d 1026 (1982). A valid deed showing title…
ELWARDT VS. ELWARDT (FAMILY)
Jun 18, 202688886-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.The court reviewed the district court's property determinations for an abuse of discretion, upholding property characterizations supported by substantial evidence. Eivazi v. Eivazi, 139 Nev. 408, 411, 537 P.3d 476, 482…
HARRIS-BEY VS. HARRIS-BEY
Aug 30, 202424-31336 · 86711-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's division of property and alimony award for abuse of discretion, declining to disturb decisions supported by substantial evidence - "evidence that 'a sensible person may…
KLABACKA VS. NELSON C/W 66772
May 25, 2017133 Nev. Adv. Op. 24 (2017) · 66772 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.**Subject-matter jurisdiction.** Reviewing de novo (Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 667, 221 P.3d 699, 704 (2009); Landreth v. Malik, 127 Nev. 175, 179, 251 P.3d 163, 166 (2011)), the court rejected Eric's Trust's…
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…
CAMPBELL VS. CAMPBELL (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Aug 27, 1985101 Nev. 380, 705 P.2d 154 (1985) · 15546 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed in part and remanded; affirmed in part. The court reversed the portion of the order dividing the house 60/40 in the wife's favor and remanded so the district court could reconsider the travel-agency division, affirming the decree in all other respects.Per Curiam. On appeal and cross-appeal from a divorce decree, the court addressed the characterization and division of marital assets. It held that under NRS 125.150(1)(b)(2), a district court may equitably (unequally)…
FICK VS. FICK (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
May 7, 1993109 Nev. 458, 851 P.2d 445 (1993) · 22515 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part and remanded in part (to establish a time frame for the recipient to commence re-training).Property acquired during marriage is presumed community property (NRS 123.220), though spouses may hold property in joint tenancy (NRS 123.030); a valid joint-tenancy deed rebuttably overcomes the community presumption…
KERLEY VS. KERLEY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jan 31, 1996112 Nev. 36, 910 P.2d 279 (1996) · 23220, 23506 · Nevada Supreme Court
Rehearing granted; the issue concerning the Verde Way property remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the corrected interspousal-gift standard.Per Curiam (Opinion on Rehearing). The court granted rehearing of its prior decision in Kerley v. Kerley, 111 Nev. 462, 893 P.2d 358 (1995), which had remanded the apportionment of the Verde Way real property. The prior…
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.…
VASQUEZ, JR. VS. VASQUEZ (FAMILY)
Dec 23, 202525-55958 · 89329-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed both the marital-waste/property-disposition determination and the alimony award. The opinion frames property division under NRS 125.150(1)(b), which requires an equal disposition of…
MCKISSICK VS. MCKISSICK (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Mar 14, 197793 Nev. 139, 560 P.2d 1366 (1977) · 8984 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed in part and remanded for entry of judgment in accordance with the opinion (constructive trust extended to the full insurance proceeds; certificate of deposit held to be community property, not joint tenancy).The court (Thompson, J.) resolved competing appeals concerning a constructive trust on life insurance proceeds and the character of a time certificate of deposit. As to the insurance, the 1964 property settlement…
HO VS. HO
Sep 19, 202424-34630 · 86775-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded.**Property distribution - standard and framework.** The court reviewed the distribution of community property for abuse of discretion. Kilgore v. Kilgore, 135 Nev. 357, 359, 449 P.3d 843, 846 (2019). Property acquired…
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…
DRASKOVICH VS. DRASKOVICH
Mar 21, 2024140 Nev. Adv. Op. 17, 545 P.3d 96 (2024) · 84998 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.Standard of review: factual classification of property is reviewed for substantial evidence, but application of a presumption is reviewed de novo. Waldman v. Maini, 124 Nev. 1121, 1128, 195 P.3d 850, 855 (2008). Alimony…
POLK VS. ROWLAND
Jul 2, 202525-28834 · 86937-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded ("we reverse the district court's decisions rejecting Polk's motions to enforce the decree of divorce" and "remand for further proceedings").The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's divorce-related rulings for abuse of discretion. It cited Williams v. Williams, 120 Nev. 559, 566, 97 P.3d 1124, 1129 (2004), and Schwartz v. Schwartz, 126 Nev. 87, 90,…
VERHEYDEN VS. VERHEYDEN (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jul 14, 1988104 Nev. 342, 757 P.2d 1328 (1988) · 18214 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for entry of a decree consistent with the reversal of both the residence-interest award and the automobile award. (Per curiam; Mowbray, J., disqualified.)The court reversed both a $19,125 award to the wife of an interest in the husband's residence and the award to the wife of a jointly titled 1982 Honda as a purported gift. The house. The husband acquired the Santa…
PETERS VS. PETERS (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Dec 21, 197692 Nev. 687, 557 P.2d 713 (1976) · 8426 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded. ("We reverse that part of the judgment adjudging and decreeing that the real property ... as well as all policies of life insurance ... are community property ... and remand for the entry of an amended judgment not inconsistent with this opinion.")In a probate declaratory-relief proceeding to characterize property, the court corrected the allocation of the burden of proof for jointly titled property. Estate and probate matters are civil actions subject to the…
PRYOR VS. PRYOR (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Mar 31, 1987103 Nev. 148, 734 P.2d 718 (1987) · 17193 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The court rejected the premise that property can change from separate to community (or vice versa) at the grantor's demand. It held that a life estate, though sometimes described as holding for remaindermen, is a…
GRISHAM VS. GRISHAM (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Dec 6, 2012128 Nev. 679, 289 P.3d 230 (2012) · 55394 (c/w 57433) · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.The court affirmed a divorce decree that incorporated an unsigned property settlement agreement, holding the in-court proceedings satisfied District Court Rule 16 and removed the PSA from the statute of frauds.…
LUCINI VS. LUCINI (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 10, 198197 Nev. 213, 626 P.2d 269 (1981) · 11059 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("We affirm the judgment of the trial court.")This divorce appeal challenged the apportionment of marital property and the district court's rejection of a commingling/transmutation argument; the court affirmed. The disputed property was the husband's interest in…
PAUL VS. PAUL (FAMILY)
Jun 30, 202689845-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, appeal dismissed in part without prejudice, and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's characterization of property under the substantial evidence standard. Waldman v. Maini, 124 Nev. 1121, 1128, 195 P.3d 850, 855 (2008). Under NRS 123.220, property…
CORD VS. CORD (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
May 12, 198298 Nev. 210, 644 P.2d 1026 (1982) · 13040 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Appellant's other points of error being without merit, we affirm.")On the second appeal in this community-property apportionment dispute, the court affirmed a judgment declaring all assets of the deceased E.L. Cord's estate to be separate property. The first appeal, Cord v. Neuhoff, 94…
SCHREIBER VS. SCHREIBER (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Jun 9, 198399 Nev. 453, 663 P.2d 1189 (1983) · 13474 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for the district court to determine whether the parties' oral property settlement agreement is enforceable under the doctrines of part performance or estoppel. ("We reverse.")This appeal from a divorce decree challenged the district court's refusal to give effect to an oral property settlement agreement, and the court reversed. The parties orally agreed at separation in 1977 to divide their…
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…
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…
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…
RONCHI VS. RONCHI
Aug 31, 202688799-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Order affirming in part, reversing in part, vacating in part and remanding.Standard of review and choice of law. The court reviewed the divorce-related determinations for abuse of discretion, quoting Williams v. Williams, 120 Nev. 559, 566, 97 P.3d 1124, 1129 (2004) ("This court reviews…
HYBARGER VS. HYBARGER (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
May 29, 1987103 Nev. 255, 737 P.2d 889 (1987) · 16303 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for recomputation of the community interest in the business; affirmed in all other respects.The parties did not dispute the propriety of using the Pereira apportionment formula (see Pereira v. Pereira, 103 P. 488 (Cal. 1909); Cord v. Neuhoff, 94 Nev. 21, 573 P.2d 1170 (1978)), which values the…
TODKILL VS. TODKILL (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 7, 197288 Nev. 231, 495 P.2d 629 (1972) · 6446 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions to enter an amended decree.The appeal challenged only that portion of the divorce decree characterizing certain assets as the husband's separate property and awarding them to him; the divorce, alimony, and attorney's fees were not at issue.…
KELLY VS. KELLY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 21, 197086 Nev. 301, 468 P.2d 359 (1970) · 5900 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The sole issue was whether the district court erred in finding no community property. The court applied the settled deference standard: in cases adjudicating marital rights, findings supported by substantial evidence…
SLY VS. SLY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Apr 24, 1984100 Nev. 236, 679 P.2d 1260 (1984) · 14526 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for a new trial on all issues respecting the division of the parties' community property.Per Curiam. In an appeal from a divorce property division and the denial of a motion to amend or for new trial, the court reversed and remanded for a new trial. It reaffirmed that where part of the purchase price of one…
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