Author Archives: Marshal S. Willick

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 (“Child Support but not Custody Jurisdiction,” … Continue reading

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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 multiple children in different custodial households. … Continue reading

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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 ADDRESSED … Continue reading

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Vol. 29 — Child Support But Not Custody Jurisdiction

A legal note from Marshal Willick about how Nevada can have jurisdiction to award child support, but not affect child custody, in a single case. An attorney wrote in, asking for assistance in a case where a separating non-custodial parent … Continue reading

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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 so that it has … Continue reading

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