Nichols v. Nichols

OPINION

The sole issue raised on appeal from the judgment and decree of divorce as to Susan K. Nichols, appellant, and Kenneth J. Nichols, respondent, is that absent a finding in the court’s findings of fact, conclusions of law and judgment of divorce of unfitness on the mother’s part or that it was in the child’s best interest to be placed with the father, did the trial court err in granting custody of the 2 Vi -year-old child to the father under this court’s holding in Peavey v. Peavey, 85 Nev. 571, 460 P.2d 110 (1969)?

This court has consistently held that matters of custody and support of a…