State Ex Rel. Jones v. Second Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Washoe

On Petition for Rehearing

Platt & Sinai, for Petitioner.

Thatcher & Woodburn, for Respondents.

OPINION

By the Court,

Taber, C. J.:

Petitioner seems to take the view that our decision in this case (59 Nev. 460, 96 P. (2d) 1096) in effect reverses rules heretofore laid down by this court, and which have been in force for thirty years. But this court, a little over eight years ago, in an opinion written by Chief .Justice Coleman, took pains to say that: “We do not wish to be understood as holding that a decree might not be modified as to the custody of children even if the authority to do so were not…