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NV Rev Stat § 126.053 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.053 - Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or parentage.

  1. After the expiration of the period described in subsection 2, a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.283 or a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.285 shall be deemed to have the same effect as a judgment or order of a court determining the existence of the relationship of parent and child if the declaration is signed in this or any other state by the parents of the child. A declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage that is signed pursuant to this subsection is not required to be ratified by a court of this State before the declaration is deemed to have the same effect as a judgment or order of a court determining the existence of the relationship of parent and child.  2. A person who signs an acknowledgment of paternity or an acknowledgment of parentage in this State may rescind the acknowledgment:  (a) Within 60 days after the acknowledgment is signed by both persons; or  (b) Before the date on which an administrative or judicial proceeding relating to the child begins if that person is a party to the proceeding,  whichever occurs earlier.  3. After the expiration of the period during which an acknowledgment may be rescinded pursuant to subsection 2, the acknowledgment may not be challenged except upon the grounds of fraud, duress or material mistake of fact. The burden of proof is on the person challenging the acknowledgment to establish that the acknowledgment was signed because of fraud, duress or material mistake of fact.  4. Except upon a showing of good cause, a person’s obligation for the support of a child must not be suspended during a hearing to challenge a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 2301; A 2007, 1524; 2017, 245)
NV Rev Stat § 126.071 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.071 - Who may bring action; when action may be brought.

  1. A child, his or her natural mother, a man presumed or alleged to be his or her father or an interested third party may bring an action pursuant to this chapter to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship.  2. If an action under this section is brought before the birth of the child, all proceedings must be stayed until after the birth, except service of process and the taking of depositions to perpetuate testimony.  3. Upon the request of any of the persons listed in subsection 1, the district attorney shall take such action as is necessary to establish the parentage of a child.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1271; A 1983, 1869; 1987, 2251)
NV Rev Stat § 126.081 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.081 - Period of limitations.

  1. An action brought under this chapter to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship is not barred until 3 years after the child reaches the age of majority.  2. This section does not alter the time within which a right of inheritance or a right to a succession may be asserted beyond the time provided by law relating to distribution and closing of decedents’ estates or to the determination of heirship, or otherwise.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1272; A 1981, 1573; 1983, 1870)
NV Rev Stat § 126.091 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.091 - Jurisdiction; venue.

  1. Each district court has jurisdiction of an action brought under this chapter. The action may be joined with an action for divorce, annulment, separate maintenance or support.  2. A person who has sexual intercourse in this state thereby submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to an action brought under this chapter with respect to a child who may have been conceived by that act of intercourse. In addition to any other method provided by law, personal jurisdiction may be acquired by personal service of summons outside this state or by certified mail, restricted delivery, with return receipt requested.  3. The action may be brought in the county in which the child, the mother or the alleged father resides or is found or, if the father is deceased, in which proceedings for probate of the father’s estate have been or could be commenced. The court has jurisdiction whether or not the plaintiff resides in this state.  4. If an action to establish paternity is transferred from one judicial district in this state to another judicial district in this state, the district court to which the action is transferred shall not require the petitioner to file additional documents with the court or provide additional service of process upon the respondent to maintain jurisdiction over the parties.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1272; A 1997, 2305)
NV Rev Stat § 126.101 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.101 - Parties.

  1. If the court determines that it is necessary for the child to be made a party to the action, the court may make the child a party to the action. If the child is a minor and the court determines that it is necessary to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem for the child. The child’s mother or father may not represent the child as guardian or otherwise.  2. The natural mother and a man presumed to be the father under NRS 126.051 must be made parties, but if more than one man is presumed to be the natural father, only a man presumed pursuant to subsection 2 or 3 of NRS 126.051 is an indispensable party. Any other presumed or alleged father may be made a party.  3. The court may align the parties.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1273; A 1981, 1573; 1983, 1870; 1993, 541; 1995, 2418; 1997, 2305; 1999, 875; 2007, 1525; 2013, 791)
NV Rev Stat § 126.105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.105 - Service of process.

Whenever service of process is required in an action brought under this chapter to determine the existence or nonexistence of the paternal relationship, it may be made pursuant to Rule 4 of N.R.C.P. or by certified mail, restricted delivery, with return receipt requested.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1572; A 1983, 1870; 1995, 2418; 1997, 2306)
NV Rev Stat § 126.111 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.111 - Pretrial hearing; testimony.

  1. The court shall endeavor to resolve the issues raised in an action pursuant to this chapter by an informal hearing.  2. As soon as practicable after an action to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship has been brought, an informal hearing must be held. The court may order that the hearing be held before a master or referee. The public shall be barred from the hearing. A record of the proceeding or any portion thereof must be kept if any party requests or the court orders. Strict rules of evidence need not be observed, but those prescribed in NRS 233B.123 apply.  3. Upon refusal of any witness, including a party, to testify under oath or produce evidence, the court may order the witness to testify under oath and produce evidence concerning all relevant facts. If the refusal is upon the ground that the witness’s testimony or evidence might tend to incriminate the witness, the court may grant the witness immunity from prosecution for all criminal offenses shown in whole or in part by testimony or evidence the witness is required to produce, except for perjury committed in his or her testimony. The refusal of a witness who has been granted immunity to obey an order to testify or produce evidence is a civil contempt of the court.  4. Testimony of a physician concerning the medical circumstances of the pregnancy and the condition and characteristics of the child upon birth is not privileged.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1273)
NV Rev Stat § 126.121 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.121 - Tests for typing of blood or genetic identification; admissibility in court; effect of refusal to submit to test.

  1. The court may, and shall upon the motion of a party, order the mother, child, alleged father or any other person so involved to submit to one or more tests for the typing of blood or taking of specimens for genetic identification to be made by a designated person, by qualified physicians or by other qualified persons, under such restrictions and directions as the court or judge deems proper. Whenever such a test is ordered and made, the results of the test must be received in evidence and must be made available to a judge, master or referee conducting a hearing pursuant to NRS 126.111. The results of the test and any sample or specimen taken may be used only for the purposes specified in this chapter. Unless a party files a written objection to the result of a test at least 30 days before the hearing at which the result is to be received in evidence, the result is admissible as evidence of paternity without foundational testimony or other proof of authenticity or accuracy. The order for such a test also may direct that the testimony of the experts and of the persons so examined may be taken by deposition or written interrogatories.  2. If any party refuses to submit to or fails to appear for a test ordered pursuant to subsection 1, the court may presume that the result of the test would be adverse to the interests of that party or may enforce its order if the rights of others and the interests of justice so require.  3. The court, upon reasonable request by a party, shall order that independent tests for determining paternity be performed by other experts or qualified laboratories.  4. In all cases, the court shall determine the number and qualifications of the experts and laboratories.  5. As used in this section:  (a) "Designated person" means a person who is:  (1) Properly trained to take samples or specimens for tests for the typing of blood and genetic identification; and  (2) Designated by an enforcing authority to take such samples or specimens.  (b) "Enforcing authority" means the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services, its designated representative, a district attorney or the Attorney General when acting pursuant to NRS 425.380.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1273; A 1991, 1337; 1995, 2418; 2007, 1525)
NV Rev Stat § 126.131 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.131 - Evidence relating to paternity; evidence of costs of certain medical services.

  1. Evidence relating to paternity may include:  (a) Evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother and alleged father at any possible time of conception.  (b) An expert’s opinion concerning the statistical probability of the alleged father’s paternity based upon the duration of the mother’s pregnancy.  (c) The results of any test for the typing of blood or taking of specimens for genetic identification that is:  (1) Of a type acknowledged as reliable by an organization approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and  (2) Performed by a laboratory which is accredited by such an organization.  (d) An expert’s opinion concerning the results of a blood test or test for genetic identification, weighted in accordance with evidence, if available, of the statistical probability of the alleged father’s paternity.  (e) Medical or anthropological evidence relating to the alleged father’s paternity of the child based on tests performed by experts.  (f) All other evidence relevant to the issue of paternity of the child.  2. Bills or receipts for the costs of:  (a) Medical care received during the pregnancy;  (b) The birth of the child; or  (c) Tests for the typing of blood or taking of specimens for genetic identification to determine the paternity of the child,  are prima facie evidence of the amounts incurred for those services and are admissible as evidence without the foundational testimony of a third party.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1274; A 1991, 1337; 1997, 2306)
NV Rev Stat § 126.141 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.141 - Pretrial recommendations.

  1. On the basis of the information produced at the pretrial hearing, the judge, master or referee conducting the hearing shall evaluate the probability of determining the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship in a trial and whether a judicial declaration of the relationship would be in the best interest of the child. On the basis of the evaluation, an appropriate recommendation for settlement must be made to the parties, which may include any of the following:  (a) That the action be dismissed with or without prejudice.  (b) That the matter be compromised by an agreement among the alleged father, the mother and the child, in which the father and child relationship is not determined but in which a defined economic obligation, fully secured by payment or otherwise, is undertaken by the alleged father in favor of the child and, if appropriate, in favor of the mother, subject to approval by the judge, master or referee conducting the hearing. In reviewing the obligation undertaken by the alleged father in a compromise agreement, the judge, master or referee conducting the hearing shall consider the best interest of the child, discounted by the improbability, as it appears to him or her, of establishing the alleged father’s paternity or nonpaternity of the child in a trial of the action. In the best interest of the child, the court may order that the alleged father’s identity be kept confidential. In that case, the court may designate a person or agency to receive from the alleged father and disburse on behalf of the child all amounts paid by the alleged father in fulfillment of obligations imposed on the alleged father.  (c) That the alleged father voluntarily acknowledge his paternity of the child.  2. If the parties accept a recommendation made in accordance with subsection 1, judgment may be entered accordingly.  3. If a party refuses to accept a recommendation made under subsection 1 and blood tests or tests for genetic identification have not been taken, the court shall require the parties to submit to blood tests or tests for genetic identification, if practicable. Thereafter the judge, master or referee shall make an appropriate final recommendation. If a party refuses to accept the final recommendation, the action must be set for trial.  4. The guardian ad litem may accept or refuse to accept a recommendation under this section.  5. The pretrial hearing may be terminated and the action set for trial if the judge, master or referee conducting the hearing finds unlikely that all parties would accept a recommendation he or she might make under subsection 1 or 3.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1274; A 1983, 1871; 1989, 860; 1997, 2306)
NV Rev Stat § 126.143 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.143 - Order for temporary support of child.

After an action is set for trial pursuant to NRS 126.141, the judge, master or referee shall, upon the motion of a party, issue an order providing for the temporary support of the child pending the resolution of the trial if the judge, master or referee determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that the party against whom the order is issued is the father of the child.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 2301)
NV Rev Stat § 126.151 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.151 - Trial: Applicability of Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; admissibility of evidence of other sexual contact; without jury.

  1. An action under this chapter is a civil action governed by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure. The mother of the child and the alleged father are competent to testify and may be compelled to testify. Subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 126.111 and NRS 126.121 and 126.131 apply.  2. In an action against an alleged father, evidence offered by the alleged father with respect to a man who is not subject to the jurisdiction of the court concerning that man’s sexual intercourse with the mother at or about the probable time of conception of the child is admissible in evidence only if the alleged father has undergone and made available to the court blood tests or tests for genetic identification, the results of which show a probability less than 99 percent that the alleged father is the father of the child.  3. The trial must be by the court without a jury.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1275; A 1995, 2419; 1997, 2307)
NV Rev Stat § 126.161 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.161 - Contents and effect of judgment or order.

  1. A judgment or order of a court, or a judgment or order entered pursuant to an expedited process, determining the existence or nonexistence of the relationship of parent and child is determinative for all purposes.  2. If such a judgment or order of this State is at variance with the child’s birth certificate, the judgment or order must direct that a new birth certificate be issued as provided in NRS 440.270 to 440.340, inclusive.  3. If the child is a minor, such a judgment or order of this State must provide for the child’s support as required by chapter 125B of NRS and must include an order directing the withholding or assignment of income for the payment of the support unless:  (a) One of the parties demonstrates and good cause is found by the court, or pursuant to the expedited process, for the postponement of the withholding or assignment; or  (b) All parties otherwise agree in writing.  4. Such a judgment or order of this State may:  (a) Contain any other provision directed against the appropriate party to the proceeding, concerning the duty of support, the custody and guardianship of the child, visitation with the child, the furnishing of bond or other security for the payment of the judgment, or any other matter in the best interest of the child.  (b) Direct the father to pay the reasonable expenses of the mother’s pregnancy and confinement. The court may limit the father’s liability for past support of the child to the proportion of the expenses already incurred which the court deems just.  5. A court that enters such a judgment or order shall ensure that the social security numbers of the mother and father are:  (a) Provided to the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services.  (b) Placed in the records relating to the matter and, except as otherwise required to carry out a specific statute, maintained in a confidential manner.  6. As used in this section, "expedited process" means a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.283, a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.285, judicial procedure or an administrative procedure established by this or another state, as that term is defined in NRS 130.10179, to facilitate the collection of an obligation for the support of a child.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1275; A 1983, 1872; 1987, 2251; 1989, 671; 1995, 2419; 1997, 2307, 2308; 2005, 248; 2015, 778; 2017, 246)
NV Rev Stat § 126.163 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.163 - Order issued on or after October 1, 1998: Provision of information by court and parties to action; regulations.

  1. A court that, on or after October 1, 1998, issues an order in this State establishing the paternity of a child shall:  (a) Obtain and provide to the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services such information regarding the order as the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services determines is necessary to carry out the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 654a.  (b) Ensure that the social security numbers of the child and the parents of the child are placed in the records relating to the matter and, except as otherwise required to carry out a specific statute, maintained in a confidential manner.  2. Within 10 days after a court of this State issues an order establishing the paternity of a child, each party to the cause of action shall file with the court that issued the order and with the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services:  (a) The party’s social security number;  (b) The party’s residential and mailing addresses;  (c) The party’s telephone number;  (d) The party’s driver’s license number; and  (e) The name, address and telephone number of the employer of the party.  Each party shall update the information filed with the court and with the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services pursuant to this subsection within 10 days after that information becomes inaccurate.  3. The Division of Welfare and Supportive Services shall adopt regulations specifying the particular information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 1 to carry out the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 654a.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 2302; A 2005, 249)
NV Rev Stat § 126.171 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.171 - Costs.

The court may order reasonable fees of counsel, experts and the child’s guardian ad litem, and other costs of the action and pretrial proceedings, including blood tests or tests for genetic identification, to be paid by the parties in proportions and at times determined by the court. The court may order the proportion of any indigent party to be paid by the county. In no event may the State be assessed any costs when it is a party to an action to determine parentage.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1276; A 1981, 1573; 1997, 2309)
NV Rev Stat § 126.181 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.181 - Enforcement of judgment or order.

  1. If the parent and child relationship has been established, the obligation of a parent may be enforced in the same or independent proceedings by the other parent, the child, the public authority that has furnished or may furnish the reasonable expenses of pregnancy, confinement, education, support or funeral, or by any other person, including a private agency, to the extent he or she has furnished or is furnishing these expenses.  2. The court may order support payments to be made to the custodial parent or a person or public agency designated to administer them for the benefit of the child under the supervision of the court.  3. Willful failure to obey the judgment or order of the court is a civil contempt of the court. All remedies for the enforcement of judgments apply.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1276; A 1997, 2309)
NV Rev Stat § 126.191 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.191 - Modification of judgment or order.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125B.140 and chapter 130 of NRS, the court has continuing jurisdiction to modify the judgment or order as to custody, visitation or support.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1276; A 1983, 1873; 1987, 2251; 1997, 2309)
NV Rev Stat § 126.193 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 126 - Parentage|NRS 126.193 - Cause of action subsequent to issuance of order: Notice and service of process.

If, after a court issues an order establishing the paternity of a child, a subsequent cause of action between the parties concerning the support of the child is initiated, the requirements for notice and service of process shall be deemed to have been met with respect to a party to the proceeding who cannot be found if:  1. The party initiating the proceeding shows proof that diligent effort has been made to ascertain the location of the missing party; and  2. Written notice of the initiation of the proceeding has been mailed to the mailing address of the missing party or the address of the missing party’s employer as those addresses appear in the information required to be filed pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 126.163.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 2303; A 2005, 249)