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To Leave Or Not To Leave:

The Hidden Ramifications of Moving out of the Marital Home An issue which universally arises in the dissolution of a marriage is who will leave the marital home. The decision to move out has significant legal implications, but, because it often takes place long before the initiation of the divorce proceeding, it is invariably made without legal advice. In most cases the...

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Community Waste in Nevada

By Bruce I. Shapiro, Henderson, Nevada Published in the Nevada Family Law Report, Fall 2010 Reprinted with Permission from the State Bar of Nevada ©2010 1. Introduction NRS 125.150(1)(b) provides that in a divorce action, a court shall attempt to make an equal division of the community property “except that the court may make an unequal disposition of community...

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A Positive Approach to Negative Equity

Presented by: Robert P. Dickerson, Esq. and Shann D. Winesett, Esq. December 2, 2009 I. INTRODUCTION. In the days of escalating property values, Nevada family courts had no difficulty in adhering to Nevada’s paradigm of presumptive equal distribution of community property. Most divorcing couples owned a marital home with a pot of equity which, upon divorce, could...

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Herz v. Gabler-Herz:

WEALTH AS A PROPER CONSIDERATION IN SETTING CHILD SUPPORT AWARD. By Bruce Shapiro, Henderson, Nevada Published in the Nevada Family Law Report, Fall 1993 Reprinted with permission from the State Bar of Nevada 2011 INTRODUCTION In a recent issue of Inter Aliai attorney Ronald F. Logar criticized the Nevada Supreme Court for its decision in Herz v. Gabler-Herz.ii Mr....

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