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21 results for “NRS 125.140(2)” in Divorce, Property & Alimony
FENKELL VS. FENKELL (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
May 21, 197086 Nev. 397, 469 P.2d 701 (1970) · 6052 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed except for the award of attorney's fees to the respondent, which is reversed and remanded with instructions to amend the judgment accordingly.The husband challenged financial awards in a divorce decree: child support of $125 per month, tuition allowances for the wife (lipreading school and beauty college), lump-sum alimony, and attorney's fees. The trial…
DAY VS. DAY (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Sep 9, 196682 Nev. 317, 417 P.2d 914 (1966) · 5048 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part; reversed and remanded in part. The court affirmed the judgment on the husband's appeal, and on the wife's cross-appeal reversed the limitation of interest and remanded for calculation and award of interest on the arrearages accruing before January 1, 1960.Collins, J. In a proceeding under NRS 125.180 to reduce accrued arrearages under a 1949 divorce decree to judgment (the underlying agreement having been held merged in the decree, Day v. Day, 80 Nev. 386, 395 P.2d 321…
LEEMING VS. LEEMING (CHILD SUPPORT)
Nov 15, 197187 Nev. 530, 490 P.2d 342 (1971) · 6491 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed; appellant ordered to pay respondent an additional $1,000 for counsel's services on appeal.The court affirmed the district court's refusal to apply NRCP 68 to post-judgment proceedings in a divorce matter. Following the divorce, the respondent moved under NRS 125.140(2) to increase child support and, on…
HILDAHL VS. HILDAHL (CHILD SUPPORT)
Oct 15, 197995 Nev. 657, 601 P.2d 58 (1979) · 10220 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Affirmed.")The court affirmed a judgment for support arrearages and a contempt order against a father who unilaterally reduced fixed monthly support-and-maintenance payments when a child came to live with him. Accrued alimony and…
NORRIS VS. NORRIS (CHILD SUPPORT)
Feb 16, 197793 Nev. 65, 560 P.2d 149 (1977) · 8967 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The court (Thompson, J.) affirmed the termination of a father's decree-based child support obligation upon his son reaching the reduced age of majority. The 1972 decree ordered support 'until said children respectively…
CAVELL VS. CAVELL (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Sep 13, 197490 Nev. 334, 526 P.2d 330 (1974) · 7248 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed as to the denial of alimony; reversed and remanded as to child support for reconsideration and, absent an increase, a statement of the reasons.The court affirmed the denial of alimony and remanded on child support. Under NRS 125.170 and Sweeney v. Sweeney, 42 Nev. 431, 179 P. 638 (1919), a court lacks power to award or modify alimony after a final divorce…
EDWARDS VS. EDWARDS (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Nov 2, 196682 Nev. 392, 419 P.2d 637 (1966) · 5092 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Affirmed.")Zenoff, D.J. The husband appealed the denial of his motion to modify the alimony and child support provisions of a 1963 divorce decree (which incorporated the parties' agreement providing $150 monthly alimony and $175…
MCINNIS VS. MCINNIS (CHILD SUPPORT)
Aug 9, 197894 Nev. 532, 582 P.2d 802 (1978) · 9911 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("the order denying Appellant's motion to modify the judgment and decree of divorce by increasing the child support payments must be affirmed. . . . we affirm.")The court affirmed the denial of a mother's motion to increase child support. Jurisdiction to modify rested on NRS 125.140(2) (Cavell v. Cavell), and review is for abuse of discretion (Edwards v. Edwards). Applying the…
BURR VS. BURR (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
May 30, 198096 Nev. 480, 611 P.2d 623 (1980) · 11086 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed; the husband's motion for appellate attorney's fees denied.The Court (Gunderson, J.) affirmed a divorce decree challenged by both spouses. After a November 1977 decree terminated the marriage but reserved community property and visitation, a June 1978 'final' decree distributed…
Hudson v. Jones
Jul 13, 2006122 Nev. 708, 138 P.3d 429 (2006) · 43828 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The question presented was whether the parental preference doctrine applies to a parent's motion to modify a custody arrangement in which a nonparent holds joint legal and primary physical custody following a litigated…
HOWE VS. HOWE (CHILD CUSTODY)
Dec 8, 197187 Nev. 595, 491 P.2d 38 (1971) · 6539 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The sole issue was whether the district court's determination of visitation rights and the limitations placed on them constituted an abuse of discretion. The parties' 1968 divorce decree incorporated a settlement giving…
HARRIS VS. HARRIS (PATERNITY)
Mar 15, 197995 Nev. 214, 591 P.2d 1147 (1979) · 9957 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed. ("The order is reversed.")The court reversed a post-decree order declaring that a child previously adjudged the issue of the marriage was not the respondent's child and setting aside prior support and custody orders. Although NRS 125.140(2)…
Doan v. Wilkerson
Jun 26, 2014130 Nev. Adv. Op. 48 (2014) · 56591 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed.Standard of review: "This court reviews district court decisions concerning divorce proceedings for an abuse of discretion." Shydler v. Shydler, 114 Nev. 192, 196, 954 P.2d 37, 39 (1998). Rulings supported by…
LAMB VS. LAMB (CHILD SUPPORT)
Nov 13, 196783 Nev. 425, 433 P.2d 265 (1967) · 5307 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. The court affirmed both the order adjudging the father in contempt and the order denying his motion to modify the decree.Batjer, J. The father appealed an order adjudging him in contempt and denying his motion to modify the divorce decree while he was in contempt. A 1963 property settlement agreement requiring $200 monthly child support…
LAM VS. LAM (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Dec 24, 197086 Nev. 908, 478 P.2d 146 (1970) · 6193 · Nevada Supreme Court
The order relating to child support is affirmed; the portion directing the disposition of property interests is reversed and dismissed.The controlling question was whether the husband's appearance to address child custody and support, made almost two years after the default decree (beyond NRCP 60(b) and (c)'s six-month period), also supported a…
KRAMER VS. KRAMER (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Sep 11, 198096 Nev. 759, 616 P.2d 395 (1980) · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed; the order modifying the modified decree of divorce was reversed because the district court lacked jurisdiction to modify the property distribution.Batjer, J. A decree of divorce cannot be modified or set aside except as provided by rule or statute, Lam v. Lam, 86 Nev. 908, 478 P.2d 146 (1970). NRS 125.150(5) (later renumbered (6)) governed subsequent modification…
NOBLE VS. NOBLE (CHILD SUPPORT)
Jun 10, 197086 Nev. 459, 470 P.2d 430 (1970) · 5972 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in all respects except as to the suspension of child support, which is remanded for adequate findings on the effect of suspension on the child's present comfort and future well-being.The appeal challenged a district court order that, as a sanction for the custodial mother's persistent denial of court-ordered visitation, suspended alimony and child support and relieved the father of maintaining the…
JOHNSON VS. JOHNSON (GUARDIANSHIP)
May 17, 197187 Nev. 244, 484 P.2d 1072 (1971) · 6301, 6302 · Nevada Supreme Court
Order denying the petition to terminate guardianship affirmed; decree of divorce modified to provide the father visitation every other weekend, and in all other particulars affirmed.The court consolidated the mother's appeals from (1) the decree of divorce, insofar as it did not award her custody of one child and allegedly misstated the father's visitation, and (2) the order denying her petition to…
GRENZ VS. GRENZ (DIVORCE PROPERTY & ALIMONY)
Sep 24, 196278 Nev. 394, 374 P.2d 891 (1962) · 4210 · Nevada Supreme Court
Remanded with directions and for further proceedings; costs to appellant. ("Remanded with directions and for further proceedings. Costs to appellant.")The court first dismissed the purported appeals from the original and amended findings of fact and conclusions of law, which are not appealable determinations under NRCP 72(b) (Musso v. Triplett, 78 Nev. 355, 372 P.2d…
ARNOLD VS. ARNOLD (CHILD CUSTODY)
Dec 20, 197995 Nev. 951, 604 P.2d 109 (1979) · 11928 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. ("Since the record does not demonstrate that the district court below abused its discretion, we affirm its award of permanent custody to respondent.")The court reviewed the custody award for abuse of discretion and affirmed, holding the district court properly weighed the particular facts and circumstances to serve the child's best interest, citing Smith v. Smith, 90…
LAIRD VS. LAIRD (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 30, 197793 Nev. 687, 572 P.2d 543 (1977) · 9127 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.This brief per curiam opinion affirms a district court's refusal, in a decree-modification proceeding, to order the mother to contribute to child support after custody of the parties' two minor children was awarded to…
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