A legal note from Marshal Willick on whether violation of a Joint Preliminary Injunction can constitute contempt of court, and more generally on appreciation of “place” by the folks collectively making up the justice system....

A legal note from Marshal Willick on the basic concept of settlement negotiations, and how some lawyers are not doing any service for their clients, or the courts, by adopting positions outside the scope of rationally possible results....

A legal note from Marshal Willick on the new law governing custody and visitation cases involving military members, and a discussion of the purpose of these newsletters. ........................................................... I. BACKGROUND: MILITARY DIVORCE RATES...

A legal note from Marshal Willick on incremental progress but the unfortunate triumph of chaos in family court, while consistency is necessary for substantial justice. ........................................................... I.  WHY PROPOSALS WERE MADE Three modest...

A legal note from Marshal Willick updating prior notes. ........................................................... 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,...

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...

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 notes (Nos. 21...

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...

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 for lawyers more meaningful,...

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...

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...

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...

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 multiple children in different custodial households....

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...

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...

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,...