Vol. 40 -- Other Updates to Prior Notes A legal note from Marshal Willick updating prior items I often receive inquiries as to how developing matters played out.  As stated in the last note, there have been substantial developments, good and bad, on several topics of...

Vol. 39 -- Landreth, Argentena, and Other Updates A legal note from Marshal Willick updating prior items I often receive inquiries as to how developing matters played out.  There have been some substantial developments, good and bad, on the topic of some prior notes,...

Vol. 38 -- E-FILING 3 – The Contracts the Math and What Should Happen Next A legal note from Marshal Willick about e-filing in Clark County vs. the rest of Nevada – the contracts, the math, and what the court system should do, now and in the future. Two prior legal...

Vol. 37 -- QDRO Masters A legal note from Marshal Willick about our new QDRO Masters service, how lawyers can get family law questions answered, and an invitation to our second free music open house. This firm receives many requests for information and assistance on a...

Vol. 36 -- Judicial CLEs (2) A legal note from Marshal Willick about the current inadequate state of substantive education of the family court and other judiciary, and how it should be improved. This note follows the discussion in legal note No. 33 of how to make CLE...

Vol. 35 -- Religious Tithing and New FDF A legal note from Marshal Willick about alimony versus religious tithing and attorney’s fees during family court litigation, and the new Financial Disclosure Form A lawyer wrote in, asking whether, in an alimony case, the...

Vol. 34 -- Shrinks Gone Wild A legal note from Marshal Willick about ensuring that the input of psychologists is restricted to a correct – and quite limited – place in making child custody and relocation decisions. A recent case has re-emphasized the vigilance...

Vol. 33 -- Make Lawyer CLE Meaningful A legal note from Marshal Willick about the inadequacy of CLE in Nevada to actually serve its intended purpose – and a couple of proposals for doing something about it. Two things led to this note. First, one of my associates...

Vol. 32 -- How to Calculate Child Support with Multiple Families A legal note from Marshal Willick about how child support is figured when there are multiple children in different custodial households. This note is a continued reply to responses to legal note No. 29...

Vol. 31 -- Jurisdiction Where More Than One Action Is Filed A legal note from Marshal Willick about jurisdiction for divorce, child support, and child custody where there are actions pending in more than one court, and how child support is figured when there are...

Vol. 30 -- Attorney Fees: Deferring & EDCR 5.11 A legal note from Marshal Willick about attorney’s fees (part of an occasional series) – the impact of deferring fee awards, fees in child support cases, and the role of EDCR 5.11 in fee awards. I. THE PROBLEM BEING...

Vol. 28 -- Attorney’s Fees and Burden Shifting A legal note from Marshal Willick about attorney’s fees (part of an occasional series) – burden-shifting. I. THE PROBLEM BEING ADDRESSED – GENERALLY Among the perennial sources of conflict between bench and Bar – so much...

Vol. 27 -- More on E-filing A legal note from Marshal Willick about further developments regarding e-filing and video hearing records On July 27, 2010, the Clark County Chief Judge announced a prospective reduction in e-filing fees, from $6 to $3.50. While that is...

Vol. 26 -- Carmona and the Wisdom of Settlement A legal note from Marshal Willick about the final word on Carmona – and an object lesson on the value of settlement. I. BACKGROUND For those readers who do not regularly peruse the advance sheets from the Ninth Circuit,...

Vol. 25 -- Relocation Where There is Joint Custody A legal note from Marshal Willick about relocation cases involving parents who share joint physical custody. An attorney wrote in, asking for assistance in a case where the client had joint physical custody, and...

Vol. 24 -- Judicial Selection A legal note from Marshal Willick about the necessity of altering our method of judicial selection Adopting the Missouri plan for appointing judges and holding retention elections is the only rational thing to do and deserves the backing...

Vol. 23 -- What’s up with Hooterville? A legal note from Marshal Willick about the dysfunctional mess of joint petitions filed in the Fifth Judicial Circuit and what should be done about it. Feral paralegals operating divorce mills out of Las Vegas continue to churn...