Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Eighth Judicial District Court of State of Nevada
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 2004No. 42991PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court, Rose, J.:
This petition presents a question of first impression: Whether an indigent defendant in family court is entitled to appointed counsel in a contempt hearing when the hearing may result in the imposition of a jail sentence for the nonpayment of child support.
Charles Rodriguez, petitioner, and Nicole Eddowes, the real party in interest, were divorced on November 6, 2001. The terms of the initial custody order and divorce decree awarded primary physical custody of the couple’s only child to Eddowes and ordered Rodriguez to pay child support, along with one-half of…
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