New Cases Added to MLAW: 5 COA Unpublished: Schmidt, Davis, Neyman, Duran, and Ortiz
Schmidt v. Fay, No. 87592-COA, Order of Affirmance (Unpublished Disposition, August 12, 2025) Allison Schmidt and Erland Fay were married in 2019 and share one child, born in 2018. Schmidt filed for divorce in 2022, seeking child support arrears, reimbursement for...
New Cases Added to MLAW: 3 COA Unpublished: Tyler, Jeffery, Venetian Casino Resort, LLC, Shellmire, and Mendenhall
1. Tyler v. The Second Judicial District Court, and Arevalo Tyler, Real Party in Interest, No. 90986-COA, Order Denying Petition (Unpublished Disposition, July 23, 2025) Tyler filed a motion to recuse the district court judge, which was denied. He also sought a...
New Cases Added to MLAW: Five COA Unpublished: Conte, Sorget, Polk, Posey, and Anderson-Alexander
1. Conte v. Conte, No. 87945-COA, Order Reversing Judgement, Vacating Sanctions Award, and Remanding (Unpublished Disposition, June 25, 2025) Jesusa and Wayne divorced in 2012 after a long-term marriage. Wayne was ordered to pay Jesusa $1,000/month in alimony for...
New Cases Added to MLAW: Five COA Unpublished: Sovey, Bell, Fisher, Probst, and Norman
1. Sovey (F/K/A Herrick-Sovey) v. The Second Judicial District Court (Robb), and Samantha Herrick, No. 90747-COA, Order Denying Emergency Petition (Unpublished Disposition, June 16, 2025) Sovey filed an emergency petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to...
New Cases Added to MLAW: five COA Unpublished: Einiger, Lopez, Arevalo, Loomis, and Harris
1. Kenneth Einiger v. The Eighth Judicial District Court (Hon. Bill Henderson), No. 90055-COA, Order Granting Petition for Writ of Mandamus (Unpublished Disposition, May 22, 2025) Kenneth and Kimberly divorced in 2014 under a stipulated decree requiring Kenneth to...
New Cases Added to MLAW: five COA Unpublished: Herrmann, Guardianship of C.T.F., Rodriguez, Gibson, and Ho
1. Herrmann v. Herrmann, No. 88635-COA, Order of Affirmance (Unpublished Disposition, Sept. 20, 2024) Jeremy and Kelly divorced in Nevada in 2022. Kelly was awarded sole legal and primary physical custody of their two minor children. After the divorce, Kelly moved...
New Cases Added to MLAW: four COA Unpublished: Tyler, White, Rosser, and Sovey
1. Tyler v. Tyler, No. 87916-COA, Order of Reversal and Remand (Unpublished Disposition, March 18, 2025) Jefferson and Lara are divorced parents of two children. In January 2023, they stipulated to joint custody and agreed on child support terms: Lara would pay...
New Cases Added to MLAW: four COA Unpublished: Brofman, Young, Allen, and Snyder
1. Brofman v. Fiore, No. 86673-COA, Order Vacating District Court Order, Dismissing Appeal in Part, and Affirming in Part (Unpublished Disposition, December 24, 2024) Brofman and Fiore were involved in a child custody and support dispute. Brofman filed a...
New Cases Added to MLAW: five COA Unpublished: Mizrachi, Cobian, Douglas, Alheiyal, and Hascheff
1. Mizrachi v. Mizrachi, No. 86508-COA, Order of Affirmance (Unpublished Disposition, Oct. 22, 2024) Dory and Eliezer (“Eli”) divorced in 2012 and were awarded joint legal and physical custody of their child, J.M. In 2020, Eli moved to modify custody, alleging Dory...
New Cases Added to MLAW: four COA Unpublished: Gabroy, Clarke, Crosier, and Moore
1. Gabroy v. Gabroy, No. 87387-COA, Order of Affirmance (Unpublished Disposition, Nov. 20, 2024) James and Pamela were married for 18 years. James was a physician who sold his practice in 2016 for $800,000 and later attempted to reopen it. In 2019, Pamela filed...
New Cases Added to MLAW: five COA Unpublished: Petriuc, Burns, Ruelas, Backman, and Guardianship of M.J.V.
1. Petriuc v. Matas / FKA Petriuc, No. 88710-COA, Order of Affirmance (Unpublished Disposition, Nov. 14, 2024) Petriuc and Matas divorced in 2014. Matas was awarded sole legal and primary physical custody of their two children. Matas relocated to Arizona without...
New Cases Added to MLAW: two COA Unpublished: Butte and Schricker
1. Butte v. Rowland, No. 89543-COA, Order of Affirmance (Unpublished Disposition, May 8, 2025) Butte and Rowland are the parents of three minor children. After initially filing competing petitions for sole custody, the parties stipulated to joint legal and...
New Cases added to MLAW: 10 COA Unpublished: Rumley, Gilmore, Pais, Morales, Reed, Stojack, Banker, Mezzano, Lee, and Deponte
Rumley v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Ct., No. 89875-COA (Nev. Ct. App. Jan. 2, 2025) (Unpublished) The Court of Appeals denied Alisha Rumley’s emergency writ petition challenging the denial of her motion to quash service in a custody case. The Court ruled it could not...
New Cases added to MLAW: One COA Published: Kragen; One COA Unpublished: Garcia; Two SCT Published: B.S. and Cardenas-Garcia
Kragen vs. Dist. Ct. (Kragen), 140 Nevada ___, ___ P.3d ___ (Adv. Opn. No. 49, Aug. 15, 2024) Erika and Michael have three minor children and relocated from San Diego to Henderson, Nevada, in 2022. In January, 2023, Erika took the children to San Diego to visit family...
New Cases added to MLAW: Two SCT Published: L.R.S. and Falconi; Four COA Unpublished: Elmore, Xavier, Wilson, and Maldonado
In Re: Parental Rights As To L.R.S., J.M.S. And J.L.S., 140 Nev. _____, _____ P.3d ____ (Adv. Opn. No. 63, October 3, 2024) The father appealed a district court (Gaudet) decision terminating his parental rights to his children, who are in the custody of their mother....
New Cases added to MLAW: Two SCT Unpublished: Parental Rights as to D.E. & Randall; Three COA Unpublished: Anderson, Carlson, & Teshome
In Re: Parental Rights As To D.E., No. 85350, Order of Affirmance (Unpublished Disposition, Apr. 19, 2024) In order to terminate parental rights, the district court must find (1) at least one ground of parental fault exists, and (2) that termination is in the child's...
New Cases added to MLAW: Two SCT Published: Parental Rights as to G.R.S. & Burdiss; Two COA Unpublished: Cunning & Yu
In Re Parental Rights as to G.R.S., 139 Nev. ___, ___ (Adv. Opn. No. 16, July 6, 2023) The Supreme Court reversed and remanded a district court order terminating the father's parental rights as to his minor child. When the child was removed from the father's care, the...
New Cases added to MLAW: Five COA Unpublished: Hacham, Kellogg, Sarnelli, Carney, & McPherson
Hacham v. Sebai, No. 86819-COA, Order of Affirmance (Unpublished Disposition, Mar. 22, 2024) DO NOT CITE THIS CASE The family took a family trip from Nevada to Morocco where the husband stole his two children's passports as well as his wife's passport. He then...