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Nevada Needs A New Standard For Parents Wanting To Move With Their Children Out Of The Country

It is beyond dispute that international relocation is fundamentally different from relocation within the United States. Except for moves to Mexico or Canada, an international relocation means travel to an entirely new continent, to a foreign culture, often with a foreign language, and always with a foreign system…

Paul A. Lemcke of Pecos Law Group has been named one of Southern Nevada’s top attorneys by Nevada Business magazine for 2014.

Pecos Law Group is pleased to announce that Jack W. Fleeman, Esq. has joined the firm. Jack is a native Las Vegan and received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the UNLV Honors College. Jack attended the William S. Boyd School of Law where he graduated…

Lesley Cohen of Pecos Law Group produced a continuing legal education program for the Clark County Bar Association

Lesley Cohen of Pecos Law Group produced a continuing legal education program for the Clark County Bar Association. The program was titled “Family Law: Domestic Rule Changes (16.2 & 16.205)” and featured speakers Hon. Charles Hoskin, 8th Judicial District Court, Family Division, Dept. E and Hon….

LITIGATING PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME IN FAMILY COURT

By Bruce Shapiro
1. What is Parental Alienation Syndrome (“PAS”).
“Parental Alienation Syndrome” is theory introduced in 1985, by Richard A. Gardner, M.D., in an article titled, Gardner, “Recent Trends in Divorce and Custody Litigation.”1 Dr. Gardner later authored a book on the theory, titled, The Parental Alienation Syndrome: A Guide…

Marijuana and Child Custody Litigation, part 3

By Bruce Shapiro
A previous blog opined that medical marijuana or legalization of marijuana likely does not have a significant impact on the way judges view a parent’s marijuana use in custody litigation. A Colorado Appellate Court, however, found that mere use of medical marijuana does not justify restricting…

Marijuana and Child Custody Litigation, Part 2

By Bruce Shapiro
Allegations of drug use, particularly marijuana, have been common in child custody battles for a long time. Even before the recent decriminalization and use of medical marijuana, different family court judges had difference tolerances for use of the drug. Some would take the position it…

Marijuana and Child Custody, Part I

By Bruce Shapiro
By the end of April, marijuana will be legalized or least decriminalized in 18 states. More than 20 states allow “medical marijuana” use. The momentum allowing the use of marijuana is increasing steadily as states see the attractive tax revenue. A recent editorial in…

NEVADA PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS

While it is true that divorce rates have decreased in Nevada, what is also interesting is that the rate of marriages have decreased greater than the decrease in divorces. Moreover, since 1996, remarriages have also decreased. In 1970, at least one spouse who married had been previously…

KNOW YOUR LAS VEGAS DIVORCE JUDGE

More so than in other courts, decisions rendered by judges in family court are discretionary. Judges are human and fallible. Their personal biases, philosophies, and life experiences influence and inform their rulings and “tip the scales” in their decision making. That’s why the lawyers at…