The following links are to some of the published Nevada family law articles and other publications that the attorneys of the Willick Law Group have written, and Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) materials from some of the courses that the attorneys of the Willick Law Group have taught or presented.
Miscellaneous articles and materials on a variety of topics:
- Quotations extracts from Shakespeare and the Law (CLE, Las Vegas, Feb. 17, 2012)
- Shakespeare limited glossary for CLE
- Effects on Custody after Fleeing Domestic Violence (CLE Outline, Las Vegas, Feb. 23, 2012)
- The Evolving Concept of Marriage and Coming Convergence of Marital and Non-Marital Property and Support Law (Nevada Lawyer, May, 2012)
- The Evolving Concept of Marriage and Coming Convergence of Marital and Non-Marital Property and Support Law (scanned copy as published, Nevada Lawyer, May, 2012)
- Enforcement of Judgments: Appeals Stays & Liens (Advanced CLE, Las Vegas, December, 2010)
- Getting Paid Through an Attorney’s Lien After Argentena (23 Nev. Fam. L. Rep., Winter, 2010)
- How Many Days Are in a Week and How to Measure Time (23 Nev. Fam. L. Rep., Fall, 2010) (proper application of the Rivero II Opinion)
- Sham Divorces Civil Rights and Family Law Experts (23 Nev. Fam. L. Rep., Spring, 2010)
- Dividing Civil Service Retirement Benefits (Outline 2010)
- Alphabet Soup (CLE, Las Vegas, 2009)
- Work/Life Balance (Nevada Lawyer, 2009)
- The Actual Lessons and Implications of Carmona – and Why Every Divorce Lawyer in the Western United States Should Be Hoping I Prevail on Rehearing, 23 Nev. Fam. L. Rep., Winter, 2010, at 6.
- Why the Nevada Welfare Division is Calculating Interest and Penalties Incorrectly, and How It Injures Nevada Litigants, 23 Nev. Fam. L. Rep., Winter, 2010
- Summary of Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for Dupont Savings (2009)
- Risks and Rewards of Post-Nuptial Agreements (CLE, Las Vegas, 2009)
- The Basics of Jurisdiction: A Remedial Course (Washoe County Writ, 2008)
- Love me Love My Dog (Nevada Lawyer, 2008, by Mandy McKellar)
- Child Custody Jurisdiction (CLE, Las Vegas, 2008)
- What Almost Happened to Child Support in Nevada, and Why We Still Have to Fix It (Nevada Lawyer, June, 2007)
- In Search of A Coherent Theoretical Model for Alimony (Nevada Lawyer, April, 2007)
- How Low Does the Bar Go (Nevada Lawyer, Letter to the Editor, April, 2007)
- Family Law and Contingency Fees; Time to Reconsider? (Nevada Lawyer, March, 2007)
- Hitting the Jackpot in Pension Cases: Secrets to Getting the Retirement Share Your Client Deserves (CLE, Las Vegas, 2007)
- Domestic Torts in Nevada (Nevada Lawyer, August, 2006)
- Ethics 2000 (CLE, Ely, 2006)
- Alimony at Twilight: Spousal Support When a Party is at or Near Retirement Age (Aspen, CO 2006)
- Nevada Legal Ethics (CLE, Ethics 2000 Committee Recap, Las Vegas, 2004)
- Ten Commonly Missed Aspects of Community Property Valuation and Distribution (Clark County Bar Association Communique, June, 2002)
- Intolerable Unethical Behavior (Nevada Lawyer, Letter to the Editor, 2002)
- A Matter of Interest: Collection of Full Arrearages on Nevada Judgments (CLE, Tonopah, 2001)
- Issues in Interstate and Multistate Matrimonial Litigation (CLE, Vail, CO 1999, reprinted, 13 Am. J. of Fam. Law 10-14, 1999)
Summaries of All Major Nevada Family Law Cases Issued from 1865 to 2006:
- The Marren Page case list
- Marren Page Update (NFLR Aug. 2006)
From a CLE on Nevada Family Law Jurisdiction (Nov. 1, 2012):
- The Basics of Family Law Jurisdiction
- Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction flowchart
- Child Custody Modification Jurisdiction flowchart
- Initial Child Support Jurisdiction flowchart
- Child Support Modification Jurisdiction flowchart
The lawyers of the Willick Law Group, and particularly Mr. Willick, are frequently asked to draft “Friend of the Court,” or Amicus, Briefs for the Nevada Supreme Court on family law topics on behalf of the State Bar of Nevada Family Law Section. We draft these briefs either alone or in conjunction with other attorneys. Below are some of those briefs, on a number of topics.
- Teuton State Bar Amicus Brief, August, 2009 (constitutional question of duration of appointment of family court judge)
- Rivero State Bar Amicus Brief, May, 2009 (Custody definitions, and child support in joint-but-unequal custody cases)
- Motion to File Errata to Rivero Brief
- Exhibits to Rivero Brief
- Rivero v. Rivero Opinion (Rivero II), 125 Nev. 410, 216 P.3d 213 (2009) (Rivero II, re-defining joint custody, and its role in setting child support)
- Hedlund State Bar Amicus Brief, December, 2008 (what to do with NRS 125.155; PERS retirement case)
- Ogawa State Bar Amicus Brief, December, 2007 (application of Hague Convention to custody case involving Japan)
Hague Convention Materials
From our series of articles and lectures relating to International Kidnaping and the Hague Convention designed to provide remedies for such abductions, both a full article with appropriate citations (from a CLE taught at the Legal Education Institute, at Aspen, Colorado, in 2004, with its Appendix), and a brief summary of the material (published in the Communique, a publication of the Clark County Bar Association, in May, 2004):
- International Kidnaping Response for Fun and Profit: Getting the Kids Home & Making the Bad Guys Pay
- Appendix to International Kidnaping
- International Kidnapping and the Hague Convention: A Short Introduction
- Hague Convention Procedural Steps Flow Chart
- Hague Convention Legal Test Flow Chart
Council Of Community Property States
The following are some of the Willick Law Group’s continuing series of writings on community property for the annual Symposiums conducted by the Council of Community Property States:
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 2012:
Allocation of Debt at Divorce (presented by Richard Crane)
New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011:
Characterization Valuation and Division of Employment – Related Benefits
Seattle, Washington, 2010:
Valuation and Disposition Strategies in a Changing Economy
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2009:
Back to Basics: Overview of Community Property
Las Vegas, Nevada 2007:
Inter-relation of Alimony Awards with Community Property
Phoenix, Arizona, 2006:
Management of Joint, Common and Community Assets During Marriage and During a Divorce Proceeding
Fort Worth, Texas, 2005:
Disproportionate Division of Community Property
Madison, Wisconsin, 2004:
Divorce and the Family Owned Business: Practical Consideration of Community Property States
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 2003:
Everything You Wanted to Know About Retirement Benefits But Were Afraid to Ask
New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002:
Matrimonial Agreements: Requirements for Validity
Las Vegas, Nevada 1998:
What Do You Do When They Don’t Say “I Do”? Cohabitation Relationships and Community Property
Phoenix, Arizona, 1997:
Division of Debt and Community Property in Nevada: Where Will the Money Go? Community Debt Issues & Pendente Lite Orders in Community Property States
From Advanced Family Law – Pensions in Nevada Divorce Law (full day CLE taught in Las Vegas on October 15, 2004):
- An Introduction to Pensions in Nevada Divorce Cases
- Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) Benefits
- Divorcing the Military and Severing the Civil Service – How to Attack and Defend
- Exhibits to Divorcing the Military and Severing the Civil Service
- ERISA, REA, and the Wacky World of QDROs
- Disability, Death and Related Topics of Cheer – Part One – Death
- Disability, Death and Related Topics of Cheer – Part Two – Disability
- Exhibits to Death and Related Topics of Cheer
- Practice and Procedure – What to Do With All of This Fun Stuff
- Partition Actions and Fraud Upon the Court
The following two articles from the Nevada Family Law Reporter are older, but we are informed they are still referenced by practitioners and parties:
From Spring, 1992:
Partition of Omitted Assets after Amie: Nevada Comes (Almost) Full Circle
From Spring, 1989:
Res Judicata in Nevada Divorce Law: An Invitation to Fraud