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25 results for “NRS 125B.080(2)”
BARBAGALLO VS. BARBAGALLO (CHILD SUPPORT)
Sep 21, 1989105 Nev. 546, 779 P.2d 532 (1989) · 18757 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. (Springer, J.; Young, C.J., Steffen, and Mowbray, JJ., and Zenoff, Sr. J., concurring.)In a case of first impression under Nevada's 1987 formula child support statute, the court set out the framework for applying the formula in joint and shared physical custody cases and affirmed the award of the full…
MILLER VS. MILLER
Mar 15, 2018134 Nev. Adv. Op. 16, 412 P.3d 1081 (2018) · 69353 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions.Standard of review: Statutory construction is reviewed de novo. City of Reno v. Reno Gazette-Journal, 119 Nev. 55, 58, 63 P.3d 1147, 1148 (2003). A district court's child support determination is reviewed for abuse of…
SCOTT VS. SCOTT (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 6, 1991107 Nev. 837, 822 P.2d 654 (1991) · 21511 · Nevada Supreme Court
Remanded for determination of (1) the overtime to be included in the payor's gross income under NRS 125B.070; (2) the continued support for the handicapped child under NRS 125B.110; and (3) calculation of eighteen percent of the payor's gross income to support the handicapped child upon the younger child's majority.A child support award may be modified in accordance with the statutory formula regardless of a change of circumstances. Parkinson v. Parkinson, 106 Nev. 481, 483 n.1, 796 P.2d 229, 231 n.1 (1990) (citing NRS…
NEYMAN VS. NEYMAN
Aug 21, 202525-36828 · 86780-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.**Alimony modification jurisdiction (Siragusa).** The court reviewed questions of law, including interpretation of caselaw, de novo (Martin v. Martin), but treated whether a party is in arrears as a question of fact…
Fernandez v. Fernandez
Feb 4, 2010126 Nev. 28, 222 P.3d 1031 (2010) · 51423 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.The question presented was "whether parents can, by stipulation, eliminate or abridge a trial court's statutory authority to review and modify a child support order." The court answered no, holding that a stipulated…
RAMACCIOTTI VS. RAMACCIOTTI (CHILD SUPPORT)
Aug 21, 1990106 Nev. 529, 795 P.2d 988 (1990) · 20198 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion. (Per curiam.)The court reversed and remanded. The district court erred in concluding it lacked jurisdiction to extend the father's support obligation for the older child beyond her eighteenth birthday. Norris v. Norris, 93 Nev. 65,…
WALLACE VS. WALLACE (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 16, 1996112 Nev. 1015, 922 P.2d 541 (1996) · 28145 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for proper determination of the visitation schedule, child support during summer visitation, and grandparent visitation.By the Court, Rose, J. (Steffen, C.J., Young and Shearing, JJ., concurring). The court reversed and remanded a post-divorce order that set a long-distance visitation schedule, abated child support, and granted…
HOOVER VS. HOOVER (CHILD SUPPORT)
Jun 28, 1990106 Nev. 388, 793 P.2d 1329 (1990) · 20302 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. (Springer, J.; Young, C.J., Steffen, Mowbray, and Rose, JJ., concurring.)The court affirmed the district court's application of the child support formula. Under NRS 125B.070(2)(b), the statutory obligation for two children is 25 percent of the obligor's gross monthly income, and the district…
RODGERS VS. RODGERS (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 22, 1994110 Nev. 1370, 887 P.2d 269 (1994) · 23390 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded for entry of appropriate findings on the child support obligation.The court applied ordinary statutory construction - plain meaning unless it violates the act's spirit, no language rendered nugatory (McKay v. Bd. of Supervisors, 102 Nev. 644, 648, 730 P.2d 438, 441 (1986); Paramount…
EDGINGTON VS. EDGINGTON (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 30, 2003119 Nev. 577, 80 P.3d 1282 (2003) · 38880 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. The court reversed the rulings on the handicapped child support statute and attorney fees and remanded, and affirmed the denial of the motion to increase the child support amount.The primary issue was the meaning of 'handicapped' under NRS 125B.110, Nevada's handicapped child support statute. The court held a child is 'handicapped' if he or she is unable to be self-supporting because of a…
KHALDY VS. KHALDY (CHILD SUPPORT)
Mar 30, 1995111 Nev. 374, 892 P.2d 584 (1995) · 25997 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed in part and remanded. The judgment as to the mother's child support obligation was reversed and the case remanded for a child support award conforming to the statutory guidelines.Per Curiam. The court reversed a child support award and remanded for an award conforming to the statutory guidelines, holding the district court improperly deviated on purely equitable grounds and effected an improper…
FREELOVE VS. FREELOVE
Feb 7, 202323-03755 · 82732-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded.**Standard of review.** The court reviews child support orders for an abuse of discretion. Romano v. Romano, 138 Nev., Adv. Op. 1, 501 P.3d 980, 985 (2022). A district court abuses its discretion when its findings are…
BACKMAN VS. GELBMAN
Feb 13, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. 8 (Ct. App. 2025) · 86396-COA · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded.Standard of review. Child support orders are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996). An abuse of discretion exists when findings are not supported by…
WESTGATE VS. WESTGATE (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 22, 1994110 Nev. 1377, 887 P.2d 737 (1994) · 24370 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions.Child support is governed by NRS 125B.080, which requires application of the NRS 125B.070 guidelines to any post-July 1, 1987 support request (18% of income for one child, up to the statutory cap), with only limited…
Rivero v. Rivero
Oct 30, 2008125 Nev. 410, 216 P.3d 213 (2009) · 46915 · Nevada Supreme Court
Reversed and remanded in part (custody determination and child support); affirmed in part (the district court's orders regarding the recusal, disqualification, and attorney fees).Standards of review: custody decisions, including visitation schedules, are reviewed for abuse of discretion (Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996)); factual findings must be supported by…
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.…
PERALTA VS. TALLEY (CHILD CUSTODY)
Nov 20, 202525-50924 · 89288-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded as to the child support award; the balance of the amended decree remains in place.The Court of Appeals reviewed the child support award under a mixed standard. Matters of custody and support rest in the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed absent a clear abuse of discretion,…
PARKINSON VS. PARKINSON (CHILD SUPPORT)
Aug 21, 1990106 Nev. 481, 796 P.2d 229 (1990) · 19629 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. (Per curiam.)The court affirmed the denial of a motion to reduce child support arrearages to judgment based on implied waiver. Entry of judgment for support arrearages under NRS 125.180 is a matter within the district court's…
PEREZ VS. HAYWOOD
Dec 27, 202222-40630 · 83625-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded. The court ordered "the judgment of the district court REVERSED AND REMAND this matter to the district court with instructions to remand this matter to the hearing master for a new hearing."The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's child support order for abuse of discretion, citing Hargrove v. Ward, 138 Nev., Adv. Op. 14, 506 P.3d 329, 331 (2022), and noting that a court abuses its discretion if…
BACKMAN VS. GELBMAN
Nov 20, 202424-44278 · 86396-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Reversed and remanded. ("we ... ORDER the judgment of the district court REVERSED AND REMAND this matter for proceedings consistent with this order.")The court reviewed the child support order for abuse of discretion, citing Wallace v. Wallace, 112 Nev. 1015, 1019, 922 P.2d 541, 543 (1996). An abuse of discretion occurs when findings are not supported by substantial…
GARCIA VS. SHAPIRO (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 17, 202222-25740 · 83992-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The court reviewed evidentiary, custody, and child-support rulings for abuse of discretion, applying the standard that a court abuses its discretion when "no reasonable judge could reach a similar conclusion under the…
BRYANT VS. SORGET (CHILD CUSTODY)
Aug 29, 202525-37913 · 89717-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed.Standard of review. Custody determinations are reviewed for abuse of discretion, Ellis v. Carucci, 123 Nev. 145, 149, 161 P.3d 239, 241 (2007), and "An abuse of discretion occurs when a district court's decision is not…
WOLFE VS. MANNION (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jul 8, 202691617-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")**Due process.** The court reviewed the due-process claim de novo, citing *Eureka County v. Seventh Jud. Dist. Ct.*, 134 Nev. 275, 279, 417 P.3d 1121, 1124 (2018). Applying *Martinez v. Martinez*, 140 Nev., Adv. Op. 73,…
RAMSEIER VS. RIVAS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jan 23, 202323-02049 · 84645-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed. ("ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.")The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's discretionary family-law determinations deferentially. Best-interest determinations are "reviewed deferentially" (Davis v. Ewalefo, 131 Nev. 445, 450, 352 P.3d 1139,…
LEWIS VS. LEWIS (CHILD CUSTODY)
Jun 30, 2016132 Nev. Adv. Op. 46 (2016) · 66497 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.Standard of review: Contempt orders are normally reviewed for abuse of discretion, In re Water Rights of the Humboldt River, 118 Nev. 901, 907, 59 P.3d 1226, 1230 (2002), but constitutional issues are reviewed de novo,…
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