REEXAMINATION OF CHILDREN’S SURNAMES IN PATERNITY CASES

MAGIERA V. LUERA: REEXAMINATION OF CHILDREN’S SURNAMES IN PATERNITY CASES Bruce I. Shapiro, Las Vegas, Nevada 14 Nevada Family Law Report 1 (Winter, 1999) Reprinted with permission of the State Bar of Nevada I INTRODUCTION In Magiera v. Luera,1 the Nevada Supreme Court concluded that a father is not entitled to have an out-of-wedlock child bear his surname merely...

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ARE PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENTS COMMUNITY OR SEPARATE PROPERTY?

ARE PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENTS COMMUNITY OR SEPARATE PROPERTY? NRS 123.130 provides that all property acquired after marriage, except by gift, inheritance or personal injury damages are community property. Therefore, if a married person receives a settlement for a personal injury, the proceeds are generally separate property. One of the exceptions, however, is that if...

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NEVADA SUPREME COURT UNDERMINES CONFIDENCE IN THE JUDICIARY IN RECENT OPINION OF IVEY V. IVEY

NEVADA SUPREME COURT UNDERMINES CONFIDENCE IN THE JUDICIARY IN RECENT OPINION OF IVEY V. IVEY In December 2009, Judge William Gonzalez signed an uncontested decree of divorce for Luciaetta and Phil Ivey. Phil then donated $5,000.00 to the campaign of Judge William Gonzalez in April 2010. Thirteen months later, in May 2011, a dispute arose over Phil’s...

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Creating Your Holiday Schedule for You and Your Children in Las Vegas Family Court

Creating Your Holiday Schedule for You and Your Children in Las Vegas Family Court Each of the family court judges in Las Vegas has his or her own standard holiday schedules to give to parents who cannot create a schedule for themselves. When parents make their own schedule, however, family court judges will honor the choice and make it the order of the court. Quite...

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Will Las Vegas Family Court Order Parents to Pay Private School For Their Children?

Will Family Court Order Parents to Pay Private School For Their Children? The threshold determination is whether private school is in the best interest of the child.  Assuming it is, the court will examine whether the parents are reasonably able to afford the cost of tuition. The first factor the court will examine is whether the children were enrolled in private school...

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Omitted Assets in Nevada

Omitted Assets in Nevada You are a homemaker who is divorced after 20 years of marriage.  Your divorce proceeding has been concluded for over 2 years.  The assets and liabilities have been divided; the minor children have now acclimated to moving between two households; and the divorced former spouses’ financial rights and obligations to each other have long been...

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