Title 11

NRS 125A.055 “Child custody proceeding” defined. 1. “Child custody proceeding” means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child is an issue. 2. The term includes a proceeding for divorce, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, gua…

NRS 125A.065 “Commencement” defined. “Commencement” means the filing of the first pleading in a proceeding. (Added to NRS by 2003, 991)

NRS 125A.075 “Court” defined. “Court” means an entity authorized pursuant to the law of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child custody determination. (Added to NRS by 2003, 991)

NRS 125A.085 “Home state” defined. “Home state” means: 1. The state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months, including any temporary absence from the state, immediately before the commencement of a child custody procee…

NRS 125A.095 “Initial determination” defined. “Initial determination” means the first child custody determination concerning a particular child. (Added to NRS by 2003, 991)

NRS 125A.105 “Issuing court” defined. “Issuing court” means the court that makes a child custody determination for which enforcement is sought pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 2003, 991)

NRS 125A.115 “Modification” defined. “Modification” means a child custody determination that changes, replaces, supersedes or is otherwise made after a previous determination concerning the same child, whether or not it is made by the court that made the previous determination. (…

NRS 125A.125 “Person” defined. “Person” means any of the following: 1. A natural person. 2. Any form of business or commercial entity and any other nongovernmental legal entity, including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, limited-liability company, association, joi…

NRS 125A.135 “Person acting as a parent” defined. “Person acting as a parent” means a person, other than a parent, who: 1. Has physical custody of the child or has had physical custody of the child for a period of 6 consecutive months, including any temporary absence, within 1 ye…

NRS 125A.145 “Physical custody” defined. “Physical custody” means the physical care and supervision of a child. (Added to NRS by 2003, 992)

NRS 125A.155 “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. (Added to NRS by 2003, 992)

NRS 125A.165 “Tribe” defined. “Tribe” means an Indian tribe or band or Alaskan native village which is recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. (Added to NRS by 2003, 992)

NRS 125A.175 “Warrant” defined. “Warrant” means an order issued by a court authorizing law enforcement officers to take physical custody of a child. (Added to NRS by 2003, 992) Applicability and Procedure

NRS 125A.205 Proceedings governed by other law. The provisions of this chapter do not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child. (Added to NRS by 2003, 992)

NRS 125A.215 Application to Indian tribes. 1. A court of this state shall treat an Indian tribe as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying NRS 125A.005 to 125A.395, inclusive. 2. A child custody determination made by a tribe under factual circumstances…

NRS 125A.225 International application. 1. A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying NRS 125A.005 to 125A.395, inclusive. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a child custody determinatio…

NRS 125A.235 Effect of child custody determination. A child custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of this chapter binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state or notified in accorda…

NRS 125A.245 Priority. If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a party, must be given priority on the calendar and handled expeditiously. (Added to NRS…

NRS 125A.255 Notice to persons outside State. 1. Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this State may be given in a manner prescribed by the law of this State for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is made. Notic…

NRS 125A.265 Appearance and limited immunity. 1. A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child custody determination, is not subject to personal jurisdiction in this state f…

NRS 125A.275 Communication between courts. 1. A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 2. The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. If the parties are…

NRS 125A.285 Taking testimony in another state. 1. In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or oth…

NRS 125A.295 Cooperation between courts; preservation of records. 1. A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to: (a) Hold an evidentiary hearing; (b) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state; (c) Order that a…

NRS 125A.305 Initial child custody jurisdiction. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125A.335, a court of this State has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination only if: (a) This State is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the pr…

NRS 125A.315 Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125A.335, a court of this state which has made a child custody determination consistent with NRS 125A.305 or 125A.325 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until: (a) A…

NRS 125A.325 Jurisdiction to modify determination. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125A.335, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination purs…

NRS 125A.335 Temporary emergency jurisdiction. 1. A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of…

NRS 125A.345 Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder. 1. Before a child custody determination is made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards of NRS 125A.255 must be given to all persons entitled to notic…

NRS 125A.355 Simultaneous proceedings. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125A.335, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction pursuant to NRS 125A.305 to 125A.395, inclusive, if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the cust…

NRS 125A.365 Inconvenient forum. 1. A court of this state which has jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circu…

NRS 125A.375 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125A.335 or by other state law, if a court of this state has jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of this chapter because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in …

NRS 125A.385 Information to be submitted to court. 1. Except as otherwise provided by state law, in a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the child’s present…

NRS 125A.395 Appearance of parties and child. 1. In a child custody proceeding in this state, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this state to appear before the court in person with or without the child. The court may order any person who is in this state and…

NRS 125A.405 Definitions. As used in NRS 125A.405 to 125A.585, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 125A.415 and 125A.425 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 999)

NRS 125A.415 “Petitioner” defined. “Petitioner” means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination. (Added to NRS by 2003, 99…

NRS 125A.425 “Respondent” defined. “Respondent” means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of an order for return of a child pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody d…

NRS 125A.435 Enforcement under Hague Convention. Pursuant to NRS 125A.405 to 125A.585, inclusive, a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of a child made pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child…

NRS 125A.445 Duty to enforce. 1. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with the provisions of this chapter or the determination was made unde…

NRS 125A.455 Temporary visitation. 1. A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing: (a) A visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or (b) The visitation provisions of a child cust…

NRS 125A.465 Registration of child custody determination. 1. A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to a court of this state which is competent to hear cu…

NRS 125A.475 Enforcement of registered determination. 1. A court of this state may grant any relief normally available pursuant to the law of this state to enforce a registered child custody determination made by a court of another state. 2. A court of this state shall recognize …

NRS 125A.485 Simultaneous proceedings. 1. If a proceeding for enforcement pursuant to the provisions of NRS 125A.405 to 125A.585, inclusive, is commenced in a court of this state and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court of anoth…

NRS 125A.495 Expedited enforcement of child custody determination. 1. A petition pursuant to NRS 125A.405 to 125A.585, inclusive, must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of any order confirming registration must be attached to the petition. A co…

NRS 125A.505 Service of petition and order. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125A.525, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by state law, upon respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1002)

NRS 125A.515 Hearing and order. 1. Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to NRS 125A.335, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody …