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2 results for “NRS 125.120” in Custody & Relocation
HALL VS. LOFTIS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 3, 202222-17755 · 81461-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The court applied de novo review to Hall's jurisdictional challenges. Ogawa v. Ogawa, 125 Nev. 660, 667, 221 P.3d 699, 704 (2009). On the divorce-decree jurisdiction issue, the court noted Loftis pleaded only separate…
SISSON VS. SISSON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Dec 13, 196177 Nev. 478, 367 P.2d 98 (1961) · 4407 · Nevada Supreme Court
Divorce affirmed; custody and support-incident provisions reversed and remanded, with sole custody to the father and reasonable visitation to the mother. ("Accordingly, the judgment granting plaintiff below a divorce, is affirmed. The judgment granting her custody of the children, and the support provisions incident thereto, is reversed. The defendant is granted sole custody of the three minor children, with the right to the plaintiff to visit said children at reasonable times and places. The cause is remanded for entry of judgment in accordance herewith.")On the husband's appeal, the court first resolved the standard of review where the evidence before the trial court consisted entirely of the written record taken before a master. Following Garaventa v. Gardella, 63 Nev.…
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