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3 results for “NRS 125.490” in Custody & Relocation
BLUESTEIN VS. BLUESTEIN (CHILD CUSTODY)
Mar 26, 2015131 Nev. Adv. Op. 14 (2015) · 62308 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review: Custody decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996). Purely legal questions are reviewed de novo. Rennels v. Rennels, 127 Nev.…
HARRISON VS. HARRISON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 28, 2016132 Nev. Adv. Op. 56 (2016) · 66157 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.The court reviewed the district court's denial of modification under an abuse of discretion standard. See Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007). The opinion situates the analysis at the…
PEARSON VS. PEARSON (CHILD CUSTODY)
Mar 30, 1994110 Nev. 293, 871 P.2d 343 (1994) · 23635 · Nevada Supreme Court
Order vacated and matter remanded to the family court for a custody hearing; the children to remain in the father's custody in the interim.The district court's appointment of an independent expert to assist in the custody determination was authorized by NRS 125.490(3). The court held the mother's due process claim barred by the invited-error doctrine: a…
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