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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 128 - Termination of Parental Rights › NRS 128.130 - Notice to produce; warrant of arrest; contempts.

At any time after the filing of the petition, notice may issue requiring any person having the custody or control of such minor person, or the person with whom such person is, to appear with such person at a time and place stated in the notice. In case such notice cannot be served, or the party served fails, without reasonable cause, to obey it, a warrant of arrest shall issue on the order of the court against the person so cited, or against the minor himself or herself, or against both; or, if there is no party to be served with such notice, a warrant of arrest may be issued against the minor person. If any party noticed, as provided for in this section, fails without reasonable cause to appear and abide by the order of the court, or to bring such minor person, such failure shall constitute a contempt of court.
[13:161:1953]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 128 - Termination of Parental Rights › NRS 128.160 - Best interest of child in determining consideration in action to set aside termination of parental rights after adoption has been granted; presumption.

1. In any action commenced by the natural parent of a child to set aside a court order terminating the parental rights of the natural parent after a petition for adoption has been granted, the best interests of the child must be the primary and determining consideration of the court.
2. After a petition for adoption has been granted, there is a presumption for the purposes of this chapter that remaining in the home of the adopting parent is in the child’s best interest.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 735)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 128 - Termination of Parental Rights › NRS 128.170 - Restoration of parental rights: Petition; consent of natural parent required.

1. A child who has not been adopted and whose natural parent or parents have had their parental rights terminated or have relinquished their parental rights, or the legal custodian or guardian of such a child, may petition a court for the restoration of the parental rights of the natural parent or parents of the child.
2. The natural parent or parents for whom restoration of parental rights is sought to be restored must consent in writing to the petition.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 90)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 128 - Termination of Parental Rights › NRS 128.180 - Restoration of parental rights: Notice of hearing; persons required to be personally served with notice; right of such persons to present testimony and evidence.

1. Before a hearing is held on a petition that is filed pursuant to NRS 128.170, the court shall direct the clerk to issue a notice, reciting briefly the substance of the petition and stating the date set for the hearing thereof, and requiring the person served therewith to appear before the court at the time and place if that person desires to provide testimony or evidence concerning the petition.
2. The following persons must be personally served with the notice:
(a) The natural parent or parents for whom parental rights are sought to be restored;
(b) The legal custodian and the legal guardian of the child who is the subject of the petition;
(c) If the parental rights of the natural parent or parents for whom parental rights are sought to be restored were terminated, the person or governmental entity that petitioned for the termination if different from the persons notified pursuant to paragraph (b); and
(d) The attorney of record of the child who is the subject of the petition or, if none, the child.
3. The persons who are served with notice pursuant to subsection 2 must be provided an opportunity to present testimony and evidence during the hearing.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 90)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 128 - Termination of Parental Rights › NRS 128.190 - Restoration of parental rights: Hearing; required findings to grant petition; effect of order restoring parental rights.

1. If a valid petition is filed pursuant to NRS 128.170, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether to restore the parental rights of the natural parent or parents.
2. Before granting a petition for the restoration of parental rights, the court must find that:
(a) If any child who is the subject of the petition is 14 years of age or older, the child consents to the restoration of parental rights.
(b) The natural parent or parents for whom restoration of parental rights is sought have been informed of the legal obligations, rights and consequences of the restoration of parental rights and that the natural parent or parents are willing and able to accept such obligations, rights and consequences.
3. If the court finds the necessary facts pursuant to subsection 2, the court shall order the restoration of parental rights if the court further finds by a preponderance of the evidence that:
(a) The child is not likely to be adopted; and
(b) Restoration of parental rights of the natural parent or parents is in the best interests of the child.
4. If the court restores the parental rights of the natural parent or parents of a child who is less than 14 years of age, the court shall specify in its order the factual basis for its findings that it is in the best interests of the child to restore the parental rights of the natural parent or parents.
5. Upon the entry of an order for the restoration of parental rights issued pursuant to this section, any child who is the subject of the petition becomes the legal child of the natural parent or parents whose rights have been restored, and they shall become the child’s legal parents on that date with all the rights and duties of parents.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 91)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.010 - Age of majority.

All persons of the age of 18 years who are under no legal disability, and all persons who have been declared emancipated pursuant to NRS 129.080 to 129.140, inclusive, are capable of entering into any contract, and are, to all intents and purposes, held and considered to be of lawful age.
[1:19:1861; B § 323; BH § 4943; C § 5000; RL § 431; NCL § 300]—(NRS A 1971, 455; 1973, 1578; 1987, 1281)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.020 - Disability of minority removed in connection with any transaction entered into pursuant to Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944.

1. The disability of minority of any person otherwise eligible for guaranty or insurance of a loan pursuant to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (38 U.S.C. §§ 3701 et seq.), and of the minor spouse of any eligible veteran, irrespective of his or her age, in connection with any transaction entered into pursuant to that Act, as amended, is hereby removed for all purposes in connection with such transactions, including, but not limited to, incurring of indebtedness or obligations, acquiring, encumbering, selling, releasing or conveying property or any interest therein, and litigating or settling controversies arising therefrom, if all or part of any obligations incident to such transaction are guaranteed or insured by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to such Act.
2. This section must not be construed to impose any other or greater rights or liabilities than would exist if such person and such spouse were under no such disability.
[1:24:1947; 1943 NCL § 6879.18]—(NRS A 1995, 1076)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.040 - When person standing in loco parentis may give consent for minor’s emergency hospitalization or medical attention.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in cases of emergency in which a minor is in need of immediate hospitalization, medical attention or surgery and, after reasonable efforts made under the circumstances, the parents of such minor cannot be located for the purpose of consenting thereto, consent for such emergency attention may be given by any person standing in loco parentis to such minor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 170)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.050 - Minor authorized to give express consent for, or deemed to consent to, treatment of substance use disorders or related illnesses under certain circumstances.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 449A.551 and 450B.525, any minor who is under the influence of, or suspected of being under the influence of, a controlled substance:
(a) May give express consent; or
(b) If unable to give express consent, shall be deemed to consent,
to the furnishing of hospital, medical, surgical or other care for the treatment of substance use disorders or related illnesses by any public or private hospital, medical facility, facility for the dependent or any licensed physician, and the consent of the minor is not subject to disaffirmance because of minority.
2. Immunity from civil or criminal liability extends to any physician or other person rendering care or treatment pursuant to subsection 1, in the absence of negligent diagnosis, care or treatment.
3. The consent of the parent, parents or legal guardian of the minor is not necessary to authorize such care, but any physician who treats a minor pursuant to this section shall make every reasonable effort to report the fact of treatment to the parent, parents or legal guardian within a reasonable time after treatment.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1333; A 1973, 26, 1521; 1975, 1476; 1977, 956; 1985, 1755; 1987, 1547; 2001, 820, 2521; 2003, 179; 2013, 2294; 2023, 1734)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.060 - Minor authorized to give express consent for certain services relating to sexually transmitted diseases and contraceptive drugs or devices.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor may give express consent to:
1. A local or state health officer, licensed physician, physician assistant, registered nurse or clinic to conduct an examination for or treat, or both, any sexually transmitted disease.
2. A local or state health officer, licensed physician, physician assistant, registered nurse, pharmacist or clinic to:
(a) Provide services related to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including, without limitation, the services described in NRS 639.28085; or
(b) Issue a prescription for, the dispensing of or the administration of a contraceptive drug or device.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 121; A 1989, 301; 2023, 1124)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.080 - Minor may petition juvenile court for decree of emancipation; reference to master.

Any minor who is at least 16 years of age, who is married or living apart from his or her parents or legal guardian, and who is a resident of the county, may petition the juvenile court of that county for a decree of emancipation. The district court may refer the petition to a master appointed pursuant to title 5 of NRS or chapter 432B of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1278; A 1991, 2180; 2003, 1117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.090 - Petition: Contents; fees.

1. A petition filed pursuant to NRS 129.080 must be in writing, verified by the petitioner and set forth:
(a) The name, age and address of the minor;
(b) The names and addresses of the parents of the minor;
(c) The name and address of any legal guardian of the minor;
(d) If no parent or guardian can be found, the name and address of the child’s nearest known relative residing within this state;
(e) Facts relating to the minor’s education, employment, and length of residence apart from his or her parents or guardian;
(f) That the minor willingly lives apart from his or her parents or legal guardian with the consent or acquiescence of his or her parents or legal guardian;
(g) That the minor is managing his or her own financial affairs;
(h) That the source of the minor’s income is not derived from any activity declared to be a crime by the laws of this state or the United States; and
(i) That the minor is attending school or has been excused from enrolling in and attending school pursuant to NRS 392.040 to 392.125, inclusive.
2. If any of the facts required by subsection 1 are not known, the petition must so state.
3. For filing the petition, the clerk of the district court shall charge the fees prescribed by law for the commencement of civil actions or proceedings generally.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1278; A 2023, 1221)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.100 - Notice of filing of petition: Form.

1. After a petition has been filed, unless the person to be served voluntarily appears and consents to the hearing, the court shall direct the clerk to issue a notice, reciting briefly the substance of the petition, stating the time and date set for the hearing of the petition, and requiring the person served with the notice to appear before the court at the hearing if the person desires to oppose the petition.
2. The notice issued pursuant to subsection 1 must be in substantially the following form:
In the ................................ Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada,
in and for the County of ................................
In the matter of the emancipation
of ................................, a minor.
Notice
To ................................, parent No. 1 or ................................, parent No. 2 of the above-named minor; or, to the parents of the above-named minor; or, to ................................, the legal guardian of the above-named minor; or, to ................................, related to the above-named minor as ...............................:
You are hereby notified that there has been filed in the above-entitled court a petition praying for the emancipation of the above-named minor person, and that the petition has been set for hearing before this court, at the courtroom thereof, at ................................, in the County of ................................, on the .......... day of the month of ………. of the year ....... at .......... o’clock ...m., at which time and place you are required to be present if you desire to oppose the petition.
Dated ............. (month) ………. (day) …… (year)
.......................................................................
Clerk of court
(SEAL)
By..................................................................
Deputy
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1278; A 2001, 35; 2017, 773)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.110 - Persons to be served with notice; manner of service; hearing on petition.

1. A copy of the notice issued pursuant to NRS 129.100, together with a copy of the petition, must be served upon:
(a) The parents or legal guardian of the minor or, if the parents or legal guardian cannot be found, the nearest known relative of the minor residing within this State, if any;
(b) The legal custodian of the minor, if any;
(c) The appropriate probation officer or parole officer for his or her review and recommendation if the minor is subject to the jurisdiction of the court pursuant to title 5 of NRS; and
(d) The district attorney of the county in which the matter is to be heard.
2. Service of the notice and petition may be made in any manner permitted by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of a summons and complaint. Return of service must be made as provided by that rule. Evidence must be presented to the court if addresses of those required to be served are unknown or for any other reason notice cannot be given.
3. The court shall hold a hearing on all petitions filed pursuant to NRS 129.080 to 129.140, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1279; A 2003, 1117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.120 - Hearing: Duties and powers of court; considerations in grant or denial of petition.

1. At the time stated in the notice, or at the earliest time thereafter to which the hearing may be postponed, the court shall proceed to hear the petition.
2. At the hearing of the petition, the court shall address the petitioner personally and advise the petitioner of the consequences of emancipation, as described in NRS 129.130.
3. The court may request copies of records in the custody of the school district, the probation office, the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services or any other public or private agency to assist in making its determination. The court may further request a recommendation from the probation officer, the Division of Child and Family Services or any other public or private agency that may have communicated with the minor regarding the petition.
4. The grant or denial of the petition is a matter within the discretion of the court. In making its determination, the court shall consider:
(a) Whether the parents or guardian of the minor have consented to emancipation;
(b) Whether the minor is substantially able to support himself or herself without financial assistance;
(c) Whether the minor is sufficiently mature and knowledgeable to manage his or her affairs without the guidance of the minor’s parents or guardian; and
(d) Whether emancipation is in the best interest of the minor.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1279; A 1993, 2691)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.130 - Decree of emancipation: Effect; petition to void decree.

1. If the court determines that the petition should be granted, it shall enter a decree of emancipation.
2. A decree so entered is conclusive and binding.
3. Such a decree emancipates the minor for all purposes and removes the disability of minority of the minor insofar as that disability may affect:
(a) The incurring of indebtedness or contractual obligations of any kind;
(b) The litigation and settlement of controversies;
(c) The acquiring, encumbering and conveying of property or any interest therein;
(d) The consenting to medical, dental or psychiatric care without parental consent, knowledge or liability;
(e) The enrolling in any school or college; and
(f) The establishment of the minor’s own residence.
For these purposes, the minor shall be considered in law as an adult, and any obligation the minor incurs is enforceable by and against the minor without regard to his or her minority.
4. Unless otherwise provided by the decree, the obligation of support otherwise owed a minor by his or her parent or guardian is terminated by the entry of the decree.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a decree of emancipation does not affect the status of the minor for any purpose, including the applicability of any provision of law which:
(a) Prohibits the sale, purchase or consumption of intoxicating liquor to or by a person under the age of 21 years;
(b) Prohibits gaming or employment in gaming by or of a person under the age of 21 years;
(c) Restricts the ability to marry of a person under the age of 18 years;
(d) Governs matters relating to referrals for delinquent acts or violations of NRS 392.040 to 392.125, inclusive, unless the minor has been certified for trial as an adult pursuant to title 5 of NRS; or
(e) Imposes penalties or regulates conduct according to the age of any person.
6. A petition may be filed by any person or by any public agency to void a decree of emancipation on the following grounds:
(a) The minor has become indigent and has insufficient means of support; or
(b) The decree of emancipation was obtained by fraud, misrepresentation or the withholding of material information.
7. The voiding of any decree of emancipation must not alter any contractual obligations or rights or any property rights or interests which arose during the period that the decree was in effect.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1280; A 1991, 2180; 2003, 1117; 2023, 476)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 129 - Minors’ Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors › NRS 129.140 - Method not exclusive.

The method of emancipation of a minor provided for in NRS 129.080 to 129.130, inclusive, is in addition to and not in substitution of, any other method of emancipation provided by statute or common law.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1281)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.015 - Requests between states for assistance to enforce support order; maintenance of records.

1. If a support-enforcement agency of this state receives a request from a support-enforcement agency of another state to enforce a support order, the support-enforcement agency of this state shall respond to the request as required by 42 U.S.C. § 666. The request shall be deemed to constitute a certification by the support-enforcement agency of the other state:
(a) Of the amount of support under the order for which payment is in arrears; and
(b) That the agency has complied with all requirements for procedural due process applicable to the case.
2. A support-enforcement agency of this state may, by electronic or other means, transmit to the appropriate agency of another state a request for assistance in a case involving the enforcement of a support order. The request must include:
(a) Such information as will enable the agency to which the request is transmitted to compare information about the case to information maintained in that state; and
(b) A certification by the support-enforcement agency of this state:
(1) Of the amount of support under the order for which payment is in arrears; and
(2) That the agency has complied with all requirements for procedural due process applicable to the case.
3. If a support-enforcement agency of this state provides assistance to a support-enforcement agency of another state pursuant to subsection 1, no support-enforcement agency of this state may, for the purposes of Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq.), consider the case to be transferred to the caseload of this state.
4. A support-enforcement agency of this state shall maintain records of:
(a) The number of requests received from a support-enforcement agency of another state pursuant to subsection 1;
(b) The number of cases for which the support-enforcement agency of this state collected support in response to such a request; and
(c) The amount of support collected in response to such a request.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2328; A 1997, 2349)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.025 - Jurisdiction by arrest.

1. If a tribunal of this state believes that an obligor may flee, it may:
(a) As an initiating tribunal, request that the responding tribunal obtain the body of the obligor by appropriate process; or
(b) As a responding tribunal, obtain the body of the obligor by appropriate process.
2. Thereafter, the tribunal of this state may, by appropriate process, release the obligor upon his or her own recognizance or upon the obligor giving a bond in an amount set to ensure the obligor’s appearance at the hearing.
[17:44:1955]—(NRS A 1969, 603; 1997, 2330)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.045 - Responding tribunals of State: Prohibition against staying proceedings or refusing hearings under certain circumstances; duties and powers.

Except as otherwise required by the provisions of this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state:
1. Shall not stay a proceeding or refuse a hearing pursuant to this chapter because of any pending or prior action or proceeding for divorce, separation, annulment, dissolution, habeas corpus, adoption or custody in this or any other state.
2. Shall hold a hearing pursuant to this chapter and may issue a support order pendente lite and, in aid thereof, require the obligor to give a bond for the prompt prosecution of the pending proceeding.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 170)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.0904 - Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2311; A 2007, 118)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.101 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 130.10103 to 130.10191, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2311; A 2009, 124; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10103 - "Child" defined.

"Child" means a natural person, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by his or her parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2311)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10107 - "Child-support order" defined.

"Child-support order" means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state or foreign country.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2311; A 2015, 890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10116 - "Foreign country" defined.

"Foreign country" means a country, including a political subdivision thereof, other than the United States, which authorizes the issuance of support orders and:
1. Which has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;
2. Which has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this State as provided in NRS 130.308;
3. Which has enacted a law or established procedures for the issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter; or
4. In which the Convention is in force with respect to the United States.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 119; A 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10118 - "Foreign tribunal" defined.

"Foreign tribunal" means a court, administrative agency or quasi-judicial entity of a foreign country which is authorized to establish, enforce or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. The term includes a competent authority under the Convention.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 119; A 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10119 - "Home state" defined.

"Home state" means the state or foreign country in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months immediately preceding the time of filing a petition or comparable pleading for support and, if a child is less than 6 months old, the state or foreign country in which the child lived from birth with a parent or a person acting as a parent. A period of temporary absence of any of those persons is counted as part of the 6-month or other period.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2311; A 2009, 124; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10127 - "Income-withholding order" defined.

"Income-withholding order" means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor’s employer, as defined in NRS 130.10115, to withhold support from the income of the obligor.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2311; A 2015, 890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10135 - "Initiating tribunal" defined.

"Initiating tribunal" means the tribunal of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2312; A 2009, 124; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10139 - "Issuing state" defined.

"Issuing state" means a state in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2312; A 2009, 125; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10143 - "Issuing tribunal" defined.

"Issuing tribunal" means a tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2312; A 2009, 125; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10151 - "Obligee" defined.

"Obligee" means:
1. A natural person to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child has been issued;
2. A foreign country, state or political subdivision of a state to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support;
3. A natural person seeking a judgment determining parentage of his or her child; or
4. A person that is a creditor in a proceeding under NRS 130.7011 to 130.713, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2312; A 2009, 125; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10155 - "Obligor" defined.

"Obligor" means a natural person, or the estate of a decedent, that:
1. Owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
2. Is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child;
3. Is liable under a support order; or
4. Is a debtor in a proceeding under NRS 130.7011 to 130.713, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2312; A 2009, 125; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10156 - "Person" defined.

"Person" means a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited-liability company, association, joint venture, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10159 - "Register" defined.

"Register" means to file in a tribunal of this State a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or foreign country with the clerk of a district court of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2312; A 2009, 125; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10167 - "Responding state" defined.

"Responding state" means a state in which a petition or comparable pleading for support or to determine parentage of a child is filed or to which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded for filing from another state or foreign country.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2312; A 2007, 119; 2009, 125; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10179 - "State" defined.

"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an Indian nation or tribe.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2312; A 2007, 119; 2009, 125; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10183 - "Support-enforcement agency" defined.

"Support-enforcement agency" means a public official, governmental entity or private agency authorized to:
1. Seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;
2. Seek establishment or modification of child support;
3. Request determination of parentage of a child;
4. Attempt to locate obligors or their assets; or
5. Request determination of the controlling child-support order.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2313; A 2007, 119; 2009, 126; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10187 - "Support order" defined.

"Support order" means a judgment, decree, order, decision or directive, whether temporary, final or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, spouse or former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. The term may include related costs and fees, interest, the withholding of income, automatic adjustment, reasonable attorney’s fees and other relief.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2313; A 2007, 119; 2009, 126; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.10191 - "Tribunal" defined.

"Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2313; A 2009, 126; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.102 - Tribunals and support enforcement agencies of State.

1. The district court and, within the limitations of authority granted pursuant to NRS 3.405, 125.005 or 425.381 to 425.3852, inclusive, a master or referee appointed pursuant to any of those sections, are the tribunals of this State.
2. The support enforcement agency of this State may include, without limitation, a court, a district attorney, a law enforcement agency or the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2313; A 2009, 126; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.103 - Remedies cumulative and not exclusive.

1. Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
2. This chapter does not:
(a) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this State; or
(b) Grant a tribunal of this State jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2313; A 2007, 120; 2009, 126; 2015, 890, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.105 - Applicability to support proceedings involving foreign orders, foreign tribunals or certain persons residing in foreign country; limitations.

1. A tribunal of this State shall apply this chapter to a support proceeding involving:
(a) A foreign support order;
(b) A foreign tribunal; or
(c) An obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.
2. A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of this chapter.
3. NRS 130.7011 to 130.713, inclusive, apply only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of NRS 130.7011 to 130.713, inclusive, is inconsistent with any other provision of this chapter, NRS 130.7011 to 130.713, inclusive, control.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 119; A 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.201 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.

1. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident if:
(a) The nonresident is personally served with a summons or other notice of the proceeding within this State;
(b) The nonresident submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(c) The nonresident resided with the child in this State;
(d) The nonresident resided in this State and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(e) The child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the nonresident;
(f) The nonresident engaged in sexual intercourse in this State, and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; or
(g) There is any other basis consistent with the Constitution of this State and the Constitution of the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
2. The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection 1 or in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this State to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of NRS 130.611 are met or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of NRS 130.6115 are met.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2313; A 2007, 120; 2009, 127; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.202 - Continuation of personal jurisdiction.

Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this State has continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by NRS 130.205, 130.2055 and 130.206.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2313; A 2007, 120)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.2025 - Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident in proceeding relating to foreign support order.

A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter or under other law of this State relating to a support order or in a proceeding recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this State pursuant to NRS 130.316, communicate with a tribunal outside this State pursuant to NRS 130.317 and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this State pursuant to NRS 130.318. In all other respects, NRS 130.301 to 130.614, inclusive, do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this State.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 118; A 2009, 127; 2015, 891, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.203 - Initiating and responding tribunal of State.

Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2314; A 2009, 127; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.204 - Simultaneous proceedings in another state or foreign country.

1. A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
(a) The petition or comparable pleading in this State is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;
(b) The contesting party challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country in a timely manner; and
(c) If relevant, this State is the home state of the child.
2. A tribunal of this State may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:
(a) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or the foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this State for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this State;
(b) The contesting party challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this State in a timely manner; and
(c) If relevant, the other state or the foreign country is the home state of the child.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2314; A 2009, 127; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.205 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of tribunal that has issued child-support order; becoming initiating tribunal to request modification of child-support order.

1. A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State has and shall exercise continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and:
(a) At the time of the filing of a request for modification, this State is the residence of the obligor, the obligee who is a natural person or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
(b) Even if this State is not the residence of the obligor, the obligee who is a natural person or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this State may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
2. A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State may not exercise continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if:
(a) All of the parties who are natural persons file consent in a record with the tribunal of this State that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is a natural person or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing and exclusive jurisdiction; or
(b) Its order is not the controlling order.
3. If a tribunal of another state has issued a child-support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of this State, tribunals of this State shall recognize the continuing and exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
4. A tribunal of this State that lacks continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
5. A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing and exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2314; A 2007, 120)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.2055 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over spousal-support order.

1. A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
2. A tribunal of this State may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing and exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
3. A tribunal of this State that has continuing and exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:
(a) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this State; or
(b) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 118; A 2009, 128; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.206 - Enforcement and modification of child-support order by tribunal having continuing jurisdiction.

1. A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(a) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
(b) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
2. A tribunal of this State having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2315; A 2007, 122; 2009, 128; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.208 - Multiple child-support orders for two or more obligees.

In responding to registrations or petitions for the enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different obligees who are natural persons, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this State shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2316; A 2007, 123; 2009, 129; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.209 - Credit for payments.

A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this State, another state or a foreign country.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2316; A 2007, 123; 2009, 130; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.301 - Proceedings under act.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, NRS 130.301 to 130.319, inclusive, apply to all proceedings under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
2. A petitioner who is a natural person or a support-enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2316; A 2007, 123; 2009, 130; 2015, 895)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support › NRS 130.303 - Application of law of State.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this State:
1. Shall apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this State and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
2. Shall determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2317; A 2007, 124)