Nevada Supreme Court· 3/13/1980
Chapman v. Chapman
Citations
- 607 P.2d 1141
- 96 Nev. 290
- 1980 Nev. LEXIS 572
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding, in termination of parental rights case, that trial court erred in taking judicial notice of evidence before him in guardianship hearing in same case
- neglect cannot be established “when a child is left by a parent in an environment where the child is known to be receiving proper care.”
- neglect cannot be established \when a child is left by a parent in an environment where the child is known to be receiving proper care.\
- termination of parental rights is drastic measure; evidence in case does not clearly show that severance of all ties with natural parent will serve, child’s best interests
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Mowbray, Thompson, Gunderson, Manoukian, Batjer
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Champagne v. WELFARE DIV. OF NEV. STATE DEPT.Nevada Supreme Court· 1984-12-06· cited 54×
- Woodruff v. KealeHawaii Supreme Court· 1981-12-09· cited 31×
- State Ex Rel. Welfare Division of the Department of Human Resources v. VineNevada Supreme Court· 1983-04-21· cited 23×
- Smith v. SmithNevada Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 17×
- Bush v. State, Department of Human ResourcesNevada Supreme Court· 1996-12-20· cited 14×
- Matter of Parental Rights as to BowNevada Supreme Court· 1997-01-04· cited 14×
- Daly v. DalyNevada Supreme Court· 1986-03-06· cited 7×
- IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO A.P.M. AND E.M.M.Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-09-10
- LUNA (JENNIFER) VS. DIST. CT. (STATE)Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-06-04
- IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO L.R.S., J.M.S. AND J.L.S.Nevada Supreme Court· 2024-09-19
- IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO R.A.S.Nevada Supreme Court· 2025-04-24
- IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO S.A.T. (FAMILY)Nevada Supreme Court· 2025-10-02
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Painter v. BannisterSupreme Court of Iowa· 1966-02-08· cited 59×
- Sernaker v. EhrlichNevada Supreme Court· 1970-04-16· cited 25×
- Carson v. LoweNevada Supreme Court· 1960-12-09· cited 19×
- Casper v. HuberNevada Supreme Court· 1969-07-15· cited 14×
- Pyborn v. QuathamerNevada Supreme Court· 1980-02-06· cited 12×
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