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15 results for “NRS 125B.080(6)”
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…
GARRETT VS. GARRETT (CHILD SUPPORT)
Jul 27, 1995111 Nev. 972, 899 P.2d 1112 (1995) · 24915 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed. The family court's child support judgment was affirmed.By the Court, Springer, J. (Steffen, C.J., and Young, J., concurring). The court affirmed a child support award, construing the interplay of the NRS 125B.070 formula cap and the NRS 125B.080(6) deviation authority.…
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…
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,…
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…
JACKSON VS. JACKSON (CHILD SUPPORT)
Dec 19, 1995111 Nev. 1551, 907 P.2d 990 (1995) · 27153 · Nevada Supreme Court
Order vacated and remanded for either written findings of fact justifying a deviation from the statutory formula or a redetermination of the amount of child support.Per Curiam. The court vacated and remanded a child support modification, resolving a jurisdictional challenge, a findings requirement, and a question of first impression regarding a cohabitant's contributions.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
MINNEAR VS. MINNEAR (CHILD SUPPORT)
Jul 12, 1991107 Nev. 495, 814 P.2d 85 (1991) · 21273 · Nevada Supreme Court
Affirmed.NRS 125.210(3) gives the district court discretionary authority to change, modify, or revoke child support provisions in divorce decrees, reviewable only for abuse of discretion. Edwards v. Edwards, 82 Nev. 392, 393,…
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
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…
PERREIRA VS. EISENBERG (CHILD CUSTODY)
May 29, 202424-18709 · 86792-COA · Nevada (SCOTN/COA)
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.The Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's child custody order for abuse of discretion. Roe v. Roe, 139 Nev., Adv. Op. 21, 535 P.3d 274, 284 (Ct. App. 2023). Review focuses on whether the district court "reached…
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