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Cooperation with Governmental Agencies and Substantial Compliance with Case Plan Objectives is Crucial to the Maintenance of Parental Rights. When the Department of Family Services seeks to terminate a parent’s rights to a child, the Department must prove by clear and convincing evidence that termination is in the child’s best interest and that parental fault exists. In determining what is…

FORMER HUSBAND ORDERED TO SECURE ALIMONY OBLIGATION In a recent unpublished order the Nevada Supreme Court upheld the family court judge who refused to reduce a former husband’s alimony obligation and ordered that the former husband deposit $450,000.00 into a trust account to secure his future alimony obligation. The supreme court affirmed the family court judge’s finding that the former…

Parental alienation The theory of Parental Alientation Syndrom (“PAS”) was introduced in 1985, by Richard A. Gardner, M.D., in an article titled, Gardner, “Recent Trends in Divorce and Custody Litigation.” Academy Forum (a publication of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis), 29(2):3-7. Gardner later authored a book on the theory, which is presently in its second edition. In this book, titled,…

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE FILING FOR DIVORCE 1. Am I Going to Win? Win what? What is a win? No one wins a divorce. You will lose, your spouse will lose and most importantly, if you have children, they will lose. The income you have been supporting your household with over the years will now be divided and…

KNOW YOUR JUDGE: A GUIDE TO CLARK COUNTY FAMILY COURT JUDGES More so than in other courts, decisions rendered by judges in family court are highly discretionary. Judges are human and fallible. Their personal biases, philosophies, and life experiences influence and inform their rulings and “tip the scales” in their decision making. That’s why the lawyers at Pecos Law Group…

Bruce Shapiro was recently named as one of the best Las Vegas family law lawyers by  Mountain States “Super Lawyer,” US News and World Report, Best Lawyers in America and Vegas, Inc. Paul Lemcke was recently named as one of the best Las Vegas family law lawyers, by Mountain States “Super Lawyers,” US New and World Report and Best Lawyers in…

What Just Happened? You just spent time in Las Vegas family court listening to attorneys discuss intimate details of your life and a judge making decisions about those intimate details. Your head is swimming with legal jargon and orders. Maybe there was some yelling by the attorneys and the judge sounded mad. You may not be sure if what happened…

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As set forth in Wright v. Osburn, 114 Nev. 1367, 1369 (1999), where the parties equally share joint physical custody of the children, the court must calculate the appropriate percentage of gross income for each parent, “subtract the difference between the two and require the parent with the higher income to pay the parent with the lower income that difference.”…

Nevada had a reputation in the 1960’s and 1970’s of being a place for having liberal divorce laws and obtaining fast divorces. This portrayal of Nevada was often seen in movies and television show and it became a destination for people around the country who did not want to wait for a divorce in their own states. Is this still…