Legal Information & Documents

Willick Law Group’s experience with Nevada Family Law is what separates them from competitors. This page contains a list of of documents and other information pertaining to Nevada Family Law.

Nevada Family Law Document Categories

Appeals

Advance Opinion Lueck v. Teuton (After Amicus Brief)
Advance Opinion Ogawa v. Ogawa (After Amicus Brief)
Answering Brief Cuisenaire v. Mason
Audio of Miller v. Wilfong part 2
Camona Supplemental Brief
Carlson v. Carlson Opening Brief
Carlson v. Carlson Reply Brief
Carlson v. Carlson Supreme Ct. Opinion
Carmona Answering Brief
Carmona Judgment against IATSE on March 14, 2006
Carmona Ninth Circut Oral Argument
Carmona Order United States Court of Appeals
Carmona: Final Amended 9th Circut Opinion
Carmona: Order in Bankrupsty Court
Carmona: Supreme Court Order October 21, 2003
Carmona: US District Court Order August 16, 2001
Carmona: US District Court Order October 25, 2004
Cuisenaire v. Mason
Danielson v. Evans Amicus Curia Brief
Danielson v. Evans Court of Appeals
Danielson v. Evans Supreme Ct. Opinion
Dimick v. Dimick Opening Brief
Dimick v. Dimick Reply Brief
Dimick v. Dimick Supreme Ct. Opinion
Epstein v. Epstein Opening Brief
Epstein v. Epstein Reply Brief
Epstein v. Epstein Supreme Ct. Opinion
Friedman: Supreme Court Order Nov. 23 2011
Garrett v. Garrett Answering Brief
Garrett v. Garrett Supreme Ct. Opinion
Harwood Answering Brief
Hermanson v. Hermanson Opening Brief
Hermanson v. Hermanson Reply Brief
Hermanson v. Hermanson Supreme Ct. Opinion
Krone Opening Brief
Krone Reply Brief
Landreth: Opinion
Landreth: Amicus Curiae Brief
Letter from DFAS re: Benefits
Lofink Answering Brief
McMonicle v. McMonicle Opening Brief
McMonigle v. McMonigle Reply Brief
McMonigle v. McMonigle Supreme Ct. Opinion
Miller v. Wilfong Nevada Supreme Court Opinion
Miller v. Wilfong Opinion
Motion to File Errata on Rivero
Olvera Opening Brief
Olvera Reply Brief
Olvera Supplemental Brief
Order Dismissing 9th Circut Appeal in Carmona
Order from District Court from Remand
Overview of Appeals and Appellant Cases
Petition for Writ of Mandamus
Reply to Response to Petition
Rivero v. Rivero Opinion (after Amicus Brief)
Schraeder Answering brief
Shydler v. Shydler Opening Brief
Shydler v. Shydler Reply Brief
Shydler v. Shylder Supreme Ct. Opinion
Simon Opening Brief
Simon Oral Argument (Part 1)
Simon Oral Argument (Part 2)
Simon Reply Brief
Simon Respondant Brief
Simon Supreme Court Order
Supplemental Pertinent Authority
Teuton Amicus Brief
Vaile Federal Tort Suit Order
Vaile v. District Court Petition for Writ
Vaile v. District Court Supreme Ct. Opinion
Waltz v. Waltz Opening Brief
Waltz v. Waltz Reply Brief
Waltz v. Waltz Supreme Ct. Opinion
Wichert Opening Brief
Wichert Reply Brief
Williams Answering Brief
Williams Supplemental Brief

Attorney/Client Privilege

Our Retainer Agreement

Awards/Certificates

Access to Justice
Access to Justice Annual Award 2006
Access to Justice Attorney of the Year Award
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Avvo Rated
Avvo rating
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers 2004
Divorce and Family Mediation Certificate
Domestic Violence Training Certificate
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee Award
Goldline Research Award
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Judge Pro awards most Pro Bono Hours in 2006
Justice of the Peace
Law Student Mentoring Program Certificate
Marshal, Chief Justice Bob Rose, and NV Bar President Rew Goodenow
Marshal, Chief Justice Bob Rose, and NV Bar President Rew Goodenow (2)
Mediation with High Conflict Couples Certificate
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Pillar Award 2010
Pro Bono 2001
Pro bono 2004
Probono Award Attorney of the Year
Probono Award Most Hours Performed 2005
State Bar of Nevada Executive Council
State of Nevada Family Law Section Executive Council

Cases

1861 Marriage & Divorce Laws
Back to Basics: Overview of Community Property
Carmona: Amended Published Opinion
Carmona: Order in Bankruptcy
Ellis v. Carucci
Exhibits on Rivero
Ferandez v. Fernandez
Fernandez
Hedlund v. Hedlund
Kennedy decision
Rivero v. Rivero
Schwartz
Schwartz v. Schwartz
Senate Bill 283 Domestic Partnerships
Truax
Wesley v. Foster

Checklists

2009 Filing Fees for 8th District Court
Adoption checklist
Alimony Arrears Worksheet
Case Management Order checklist
Child Support Arrears Worksheet
CMC Memo
FERS/CSRS COAP Order Questionnaire
Joint Petition for Divorce checklist
Military Divorce MRB/SBP Order Questionnaire
Name Change checklist
Peremptory Challenge of Judge checklist
QDRO Questionnaire
Nevada PERS QDRO Questionnaire
Required Child(ren) Related Information checklist
Sample: General Request for EDCR 2.23 & 5.11(b)
Sample: General Request for Enlargement of Time
Service by Publication checklist
Summary Annulment checklist
Termination of Parental Rights checklist

Child Support

1992 Child Support Statute Review Committee Report
1992 Report
1992 Report (exhibits)
1996 Child Support Statute Review Committee Report
1996 Report
2007 Presumptive Maximum Amounts of Child Support
Actual Calculation Differences
Child Support by Hourly Wage 2008-2009
Child Support by Hourly Wage 2009-2010
Child Support by Hourly Wage 2010-2011 Spreadsheet
Child Support by Hourly Wage 2011-2012 Spreadsheet
Child Support by Hourly Wage 2012-2013 Spreadsheet
Child Support by Hourly Wages, Average Monthly Salaries and Annual Incomes
Child Support Enforcement
Child Support Statute changes article
Child Support Statutes – NRS 125B.070/125B.080
Child Support Table
Child Support Table for 2004
Child Support Table for 2005
Child Support Table for 2009
Model UIFSA with Comments (2001)
Nevada has lowered child support
Presumptive Maximum Amounts 2008
Presumptive Maximum Amounts Adjusted for July 1 2005
Presumptive Maximum Amounts Adjusted for July 1 2008 to June 30 2009
Presumptive Maximum Amounts Adjusted for July 1 2009 to June 30 2010
Presumptive Maximum Amounts Adjusted for July 1 2010 to June 30 2011
Presumptive Maximum Amounts Adjusted for July 1 2011 to June 30 2012
Presumptive Maximum Amounts Adjusted for July 1 2012
Presumptive Maximum Amounts Adjusted for July 1, 2006
Presumptive Maximum Amounts June 06 to Jun 07
Presumptive Maximum Amounts of Child Support 2007
Presumptive Maximum for Child Support 2006
What Almost Happened

Custody

AAML Model Parenting Plan
Appendix for Intl Kidnaping
Behavioral Order Template
Child Custody Jurisdiction in Nevada
Chronology of a Divorce Case flow chart
CLE on Child Custody Jurisdiction
Custody and Visitation Model Clauses
Custody Case Step flow chart
Custody Flow Chart
Determining the primary caretaker
Family Mediation Center
Family Mediation Center Brochures
FMC mediation request form
Hague Conference on Private International Law
Hague Convention Legal Test Flow Chart
Hague Convention Procedural Steps
How to Maximize Your Parenting Time
In depth explaination of the Family Mediation Center
International Kidnaping Response for Fun and Profit
International Kidnapping and the Hague Convention: A short introduction
Is Mediation For Us?
Joint Custody
Measurements of Custodial Time
Mediation Q&A from Fair$hare
Model Order for Appointment of Parenting Coordinator (draft)
Model UCCJEA with Comments
Percentage of Custodial Time in Typical Custody Schedules
Preparing For Your Custody Evaluation
Relocation Cases issued after publication
Safe Nest brochure 3
Schwartz Factors
UCCJEA Affidavit (Pro Se)

Depositions

10 Commandments of Being Deposed
Courtroom Tips for Clients
Deposition Proceedings – Explanation
Memo on Uniform Interstate Deposition and Discovery Act

Divorce – Children or Alimony Cases

Cope Class Information (Bridge Palo Verde Family Consultations brochure)
In Search of A Coherent Theoretical Model for Alimony
Management and Control of Community Property
Nevada Legal Ethics (Ethics 2000 Committee recap)
Twenty Questions – Divorcing Parents Ask About Their Children

Divorce – General

125.150 (alimony, property division, tracing of property, etc.)
Affidavit of Financial Condition
Answers to Your Questions About Divorce (Bar Brochure)
Client Discovery Waiver/Finding Assets
Client Questionnaire
Common Misperceptions in Divorce
Consultation Procedures & Goals list
Credit Report Request
Discovery Rules for Domestic Cases by the Supreme Court
Divorce and the Family Owned Business
Divorce Case Flowchart
Divorce Law Procedure Questions
Divorce Manual (Small Blue Book – AAML)
Family Mediation Center Brochure
Financial Disclosure Form
Financial Disclosure Form – exhibit A
Financial Disclosure Form – exhibit B
Financial Discloure Form (worksheet 16.2)
Firm Biography
Introduction of Divorce Law
Malmquist Analysis by Kenneth Fortney CPA with example
Malmquist Analysis by Kenneth L Fortney CPA
NRCP 16.2 Timeline
Order Adopting Financial Disclosure Form (Nevada Supreme Court)
Order Amending the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure (16.1)
Protecting The Family (AAML)
Retainer Agreement
Self Help Center Brochure
Summary Primer on Nevada Community Property Law

Ely

Actuarial Equivalence or the Push
Alphabet Soup
Checklist for Military Retirement Cases
Cost for and Competition for Surviving Spouses Status in Military Plan
DC Plans Various Tracing Methods
Duty to Refer Pension Issues to Competent Professionals
Electronic Filing Rules – proposed modifications
ERISA & QDROs – Kennedy & Carmona Issues
Final Version of PP presentation
Gillmore Excerpts
Gillmore Gillmore and Trustee Pay-over Orders
Hold & Discovery Letter to TPA with DB & DC list of requests
List of 16.2 Tasks
List of Employer’s for PERS
Patti Peterson Outline
Pension Authorization Form
PERS primer (extracted from Hedlund Amicus)
Preliminary Questionnaire re Retention as Joint Expert
Provisional QDRO Writ Article
QDRO Side Stipulation
Resources for QDRO Practice
SAMPLE: Request for EDCR 2.23 Submission
SAMPLE: Request for Enlargement of Time
Stipulated IRA Division Order
Streams – Valuation for Shared Interest Pensions
Table of Cases for Advanced Track Seminar
Table of Contents for Materials
The Gillmore Checkup
TOC of Materials & PP Presentation
Update to Powerpoint presentation at Ely
What is Needed to Properly Complete ERISA QDRO
What is Needed to Properly Complete Nevada PERS DRO

Ethics

Bounds of Advocacy, 1991 ed.
Ethics 2000
Unjustifiable Unethical Behavior

Logo and Badges

Avvo Logo
IAML logo
NBLSC badge

Marshal Law Arrearage Calculation Software

A Matter of Interest. An Article Authored by Marshal Willick
Marshal Law Judgment and Interest Calculator Program
Mashal Law Arrearage Single Run Order Form
Order Form for Marshal Law Program.

Military

20/20/15 Military Spouses
20/20/15 Military Spouses Alternate
20/20/20 Military Spouses
20/20/20 Military Spouses Alternate
AAML Position Paper on 2001 Review of USFSPA
Book Cover for Military Retirement (MSW)
Checklist – Military Retirement Benefit Cases
DD Form 2656-10: SBP Request for Deemed Election
Deemed Election Form
Divorcing the Military and Severing the Civil Service
Form DD 2653
Military Retired Pay Civil Service 1
Military Retired Pay Civil Service 2
Military Retired Pay and the Dangers of
Military Retirement Benefit Calculator (in Wordperfect)
Military Retirement Eras
Model Decree of Divorce Form
Model SBP Deemed Election Letter
New Disposable
Old Disposable
Press Release for SBP Premium Calculator
Protecting the Interest of and Getting Money From People in the Military (P
Regulations DoD 7000.14-R Vol. 7B Ch.29
Roll Call
Summary Table of Former Military Spouse Medical Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan for Military Members
Universal SBP Premium-Shifting Calculator in Excel
Universal SBP Premium-Shifting Calculator in Quatro Pro
Universal SBP Premium-Shifting Calculator in Word Perfect
Updated MRB Checklist

Miscellaneous

A Guide For Stepparents
Appendix for Hague CLE
Attorney staff of 2006-2007
Attorney/Client Privilege
Clerk’s Rejection Rationales
Courtroom Assignments 8/1/11
Disability Benefits and “Concurrent Receipt”
Document Preparation Service Menu
Issues in Interstate and Multistate Matrimonial Litigation
Jurisdiction and Venue chapters of NFPM
Litigation Budget Form
Making Marriages Last
Management of Joint
Marriage quotes
Matrimonial Agreements: Requirements for Validity
Model Standards for Outsourced Evals
Outsource Service Providers
Partition Actions and Fraud Upon the Court
Partition of Omitted Assets after Amie
QDROs Under ERISA and Nevada PERS (Ely 2010)
Res Judicata in Nevada Divorce Law
Ten Commonly Missed Aspects of Community Property
The Billing Song
The Marren/Page case list
Unpleasant Reality of Money and Trust Account Balances

Miscellaneous Links to Other Resources

Disproportionate Division of Community Property
Martindale Hubble Peer Rated Link

Moves; Relocation Cases

Child Custody Modification Jurisdiction
Child Support Modification Jurisdiction
Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction
Initial Child Support Jurisdiction
Move cases Relocation Section of NFPM
The Basics of Family Law Jurisdiction

Newsletters

1 Rivero
2 QDRO Checkups
3 Attorneys Liens
4 New Developments in Jurisdiction
5 Peremptory Challenge
6 Garner
7 Ogawa
8 Landreth
9 Modest Proposal
10 Feral Paralegals
11 Fees Incurred on Appeal
12 Time to Distinguish Enterprise
13 The State Bar Fee Dispute System
14 Schwartz & Alimony
15 Feral Paralegals part 2
16 When QDROs Should Be Drafted
17 Updates on Prior Notes
18 Fernandez & Child Support
19 Abbott and International Kidnap/Hague
20 Use and Abuse of Court Minutes
21 Efiling Problems
22 Parental Sexual Conduct
23 What’s up with Hooterville?
24 Judicial Selection
25 Relocation Where There is Joint Custody
26 Carmona and the Wisdom of Settlement
27 More on E-filing
28 Attorney’s Fees and Burden Shifting
29 Child Support But Not Custody Jurisdiction
30 Attorney Fees: Deferring & EDCR 5.11
31 Jurisdiction Where More Than One Action Is Filed
32 How to Calculate Child Support with Multiple Families
33 Make Lawyer CLE Meaningful
34 Shrinks Gone Wild
35 Religous Tithing and New FDF
36 Judicial CLEs (2)
37 QDRO Masters
38 E-FILING 3 – The Contracts the Math and What Should Happen Next
39 Landreth Argentena and Other Updates
40 Other Updates to Prior Notes
41 Small Progress and the Triumph of Anarchy at Family Court
42 New Military Custody/Visitation Law, and the Purpose of These Newsletters
43 The Concept of Settlement
44 JPI Violations and Contempt
45 Use and Abuse of Ex-Parte Motions and More on e-filing
46 Military Alllowances for Child Support/Spousal Support
47 Military Retirement Militant Groups
48 When Does a Divorce Actually Happen
49 Fee Disputes Specialization Militants and Pro Bono
50 Cases on Disqualification, Privilege, Confidential Information and Sanctions

Palimony/Cohabitation

Cohabitation Relationships and Community Property
Palimony – Cohabitation chapter of NFPM
Separate Maintenance Chapter of NFPM

Parenting; Domestic Violence

A Relationship That Lasts Forever
Feuding Parents – Cool it Advice
How a Temporary Protection Order Goes Through the System
Parents Are Forever
Safe House Brochures
Safe Nest brochure 1
Safe Nest brochure 2
Stepping Back From Anger (AAML)

Paternity

Information For Never Married Parents
Paternity Statute – NRS 126.031
Supreme Court Answering Brief on Wilfong

Pensions

10 U.S.C. 1408 (Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act)
Deemed Election letter for former spouse SBP benefits
Division of Military Retirement Benefits in Divorce
Divorcing the Military and Severing the Civil Service – A Very Short Course
Divorcing the Military and Severing the Civil Service – How to Attack and D
ERISA REA AND THE Wacky World of QDROs
ERISA REA and the Wacky World of QDROs
ERISA, REA, and the Wacky World of QDROs
Everything You Wanted to Know About Retirement Division
Exhibits to Divorcing the Military and Severing the Civil Service
Form clauses–Military divorce
Form Clauses–PERS divorce
Handbook for Attorneys on Retirement (Civil Service OPM Cases)
Hitting the Jackpot
Military Retirement checklist
Pensions in Nevada Divorce Cases (Reno/LV)
PERS QDRO Checklist
Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) Benefits
Summary of first 14 omitted military retirement cases
Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act

Premarital

Article: Making Marriages Last
NFPM Prenupt Article
Premarital checklist

Published Works

19th Annual Symposium of the Family Law Council
A Matter of Interest: Collection of Full Arrearages on Nevada Judgments
A Pro Bono Challenge – Communique article
Alphabet Soup CLE
Carmona and the Magic of Settlement
Characterization Valuation and Division of Employment – Related Benefits
Disability Death and Related Topics of Cheer – Part One – Death
Disability Death and Related Topics of Cheer – Part Two – Disability
Disproportionate Division of Community Property
Dividing Civil Service Retirement Benefits
Division of Debt and Community Property in Nevada
Divorcing the Military. How to Attack and How to Defend
Domestic Torts in Nevada
Enforcement of Judgments: Appeals Stays & Liens
Everything You Wanted to Know About Retirement Benefits But Were Afraid to
Exhibits to Death and Related Topics of Cheer
Family Law and Contingency Fees Time to Reconsider?
Forbes
Hedlund Amicus Brief
Hedlund Amicus Brief
How Low Does the Bar Go
Intolerable Unethical Behavior
Love me Love My Dog
Military
New USFSPA Regulations
Ogawa Amicus Brief
Outline – Effects on Custody after Fleeing Domestic Violence
Outline for QDROs
Practice and Procedure – What to Do With All of This Fun Stuff
Published Works Title Management
Quotations extracts from Shakespeare and the Law
Risks and Rewards of Post-Nuptial Agreements
Rivero State Bar Amicus Brief
Shakespeare limited glossary for CLE
Sham Divorces Civil Rights and Family Law Experts
Summary of Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for Dupont Savings
The Actual Lessons and Implications of Carmona
The Basics of Jurisdiction: A Remedial Course
The Evolving Concept of Marriage
The History and Nature of Marriage in Nevada
The Proper Application of Rivero II and How to Measure Time
Valuation and Disposition Strategies in a Changing Economy
Why the Nevada Welfare Division is Calculating Interest
Work/Life Balance

Resumes bios pictures

Group shot
Lorien’s Bar Picture
Marshal’s bar picture
Marshal’s bio
Rick’s bar picture
Trevor Creel bar picture
Trevor’s bio

Specialization

Ely Family Law Section Meeting of March, 2006 updated
Specialization Standards
Specialization Timeline

Spousal Support

16.2 Outline
Alimony at Twilight
Alimony Factor Table
Alimony Factors Apparently Relied Upon In Nevada Supreme Court
Alimony Factors Form
Gross
History and Background of the Tonopah Formula
How to Argue for Increasing or Decreasing
Net
Pick Up of Child Interview Form
Proposed Mark II of FDF for Review and Comments
Tonapah Formula (Gross) worksheet to determine Alimony
Tonapah Formula (Net) worksheet to determine Alimony
Tonopah Formula Net

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