Haugabook v. Haugabook (Child Custody) ( 2014 )


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  •                 (2000); see also NRAP 3A(b); Taylor Constr. Co. v. Hilton Hotels Corp., 
    100 Nev. 207
    , 209, 
    678 P.2d 1152
    , 1153 (1984). Also, that order did not award
    an amount of attorney fees, but instead directed respondent to file a
    memorandum of costs and disbursements and set a further hearing.          See
    Lee v. GNLV Corp., 
    116 Nev. 424
    , 426, 
    996 P.2d 416
    , 417 (2000) (providing
    that a post-judgment order awarding attorneyS fees is appealable as a
    special order made after final judgment). Thus, the attorney fees issues
    was not decided with finality. We therefore lack jurisdiction over these
    issues and dismiss this appeal as to these portions of the district court's
    orders.
    Next, appellant challenges the portion of the June 25, 2013,
    order denying his motion for primary custody and to relocate out of state
    with the minor children. Having considered the proper person appeal
    statement and the record on appeal, we conclude that the district court did
    not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's motion.   Wallace v. Wallace,
    
    112 Nev. 1015
    , 1019, 
    922 P.2d 541
    , 543 (1996) (providing that this court
    reviews a child custody decision for an abuse of discretion).
    The record indicates that the district court confirmed that the
    parties shared joint legal and physical custody in its January 2013 order,
    just five months before appellant filed his motion. The district court
    determined that appellant did not make any persuasive allegations in his
    motion that the out-of-state move would be in the best interests of the
    minor children. Druckman v. Ruscitti, 130 Nev. „ 
    327 P.3d 511
    ,
    515 (2014). Appellant has therefore not demonstrated that the district
    court should have held an evidentiary hearing on the matter because he
    did not present a prima facie case for modification of custody or relocation.
    Cf. Rooney v. Rooney,   
    109 Nev. 540
    , 542-43, 
    853 P.2d 123
    , 124-25 (1993)
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    (providing that if a moving party is unable to demonstrate a prima facie
    case for modification of a child custody award, the court may resolve a
    motion without holding an evidentiary hearing). Thus, the district court
    did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's motion for primary
    physical custody and to relocate, 
    Wallace, 112 Nev. at 1019
    , 922 P.2d at
    543, and we affirm that portion of the district court's order.
    It is so ORDERED.'
    C.J.
    Gibbon S-
    J.
    Picke
    Cia
    Saitta
    J.
    cc:   Hon. Jennifer Elliott, District Judge, Family Court Division
    Anthony Haugabook
    Lisa Anne Haugabook
    Eighth District Court Clerk
    'We have reviewed appellant's other arguments and conclude that
    they lack merit.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 64364

Filed Date: 12/15/2014

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/17/2021