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HUDSON v. JONES

No. 43828.

138 P.3d 429 (2006)

Mable HUDSON, N/K/A Mable Brown, Appellant, v. Milton JONES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 13, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce I. Shapiro, Henderson; Santoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Johnson & Thompson and Nicholas J. Santoro, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Phung H. Jefferson, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Woodburn & Wedge and Randy A. Drake, Reno, for Amicus Curiae State Bar of Nevada, Family Law Section.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

GIBBONS, J.

In this appeal, we decide whether the district court erred when it applied the parental preference doctrine to grant the biological father's motion to modify the child custody arrangement between the father and the custodial maternal grandmother. We conclude that when a district court grants a nonparent joint legal and primary physical custody of a child, the parental preference doctrine does not apply to subsequent motions to...

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