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NevadaSB27583rd Regular Session (2025)Senate
AN ACT relating to domestic relations; prohibiting a court with jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding from taking certain actions for the sole purpose of improving a deficient relationship between a child and a parent of the child under certain circumstances; prohibiting any such court from ordering a child to receive reunification treatment under certain circumstances; requiring any such court to consider certain evidence in making certain findings relating to allegations of domestic violence or child abuse; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide ongoing training regarding domestic violence, child abuse and best practices in family court in the regular education provided by the Office to judges; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
BDR 11-541
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More family court training for judges
Beginning July 1, 2025, the Administrative Office of the Courts must give judges ongoing training on domestic violence, child abuse, and family‑court best practices. When money is available, the Office also offers this training to other judicial officers and court staff. The training must follow the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022.
Limits on removal and reunification
Beginning July 1, 2025, courts in custody cases cannot remove a child or cut off contact just to improve a weak bond. This applies when the parent can meet the child’s needs, protects the child, is not abusive or neglectful, and the child is bonded with that parent. Courts also cannot order reunification treatment unless the record shows, with generally accepted scientific proof, that it is safe, effective, and will not harm the child. Courts cannot order treatment that relies on isolating the child from a parent who meets those caregiving and safety rules.
Stronger abuse safeguards in custody
Beginning July 1, 2025, in custody cases with abuse claims, expert testimony on abuse must come from clinicians with strong, non‑forensic clinical experience. The court must weigh relevant past abuse evidence, including arrests, convictions, and prior protection orders. If a child resists contact with a parent who is alleged to have abused, any order to fix that must focus first on that parent’s behavior. That parent must take remedial steps before the other parent is required to act.
Defines key custody case terms
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law defines which cases count as child custody proceedings. It includes cases about custody, visitation, divorce, separation, paternity, child support, and protection from domestic violence. It excludes juvenile delinquency cases, parental‑rights termination cases under Chapter 128, and abuse or neglect cases under Chapter 432B. The law also defines terms like domestic violence, reunification treatment, child abuse, clinical experience, forensic, order for protection, sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/31/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 39 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/26/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 414.
6/9/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/4/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/2/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/1/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate.
5/31/2025HouseRead second time.
5/30/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/30/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
5/30/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
5/26/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/26/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.
5/26/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
5/26/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/26/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 754.)
5/26/2025SenatePlaced on General File.
5/26/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/26/2025SenateTaken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To committee.
4/14/2025SenateRead second time.
4/14/2025SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/14/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/14/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
4/14/2025SenateFrom printer. To committee.
3/5/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
3/4/2025Senate
Bill Text
As Enrolled
As Introduced
Reprint 1
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