Title 11

NRS 130.305 Duties and powers of responding tribunal. 1. When a responding tribunal of this State receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 130.301, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and no…

NRS 130.306 Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this State or another state and notify the petitioner …

NRS 130.307 Duties of support-enforcement agency. 1. A support-enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter. 2. A support-enforcement agency of this State that is providing services to the petitioner sha…

NRS 130.308 Duties of Attorney General. 1. If the Attorney General determines that a support-enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to a natural person, the Attorney General may order the agency to perform its duties under this chapter or may provide tho…

NRS 130.309 Private counsel. A natural person may employ private counsel to represent him or her in proceedings authorized by this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2319)

NRS 130.310 Duties of State Information Agency. 1. The central unit established pursuant to NRS 425.400 is the State Information Agency under this chapter. 2. The State Information Agency shall: (a) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in thi…

NRS 130.311 Pleadings and accompanying documents. 1. In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a …

NRS 130.312 Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by the disclosure of specific identifying information, that information m…

NRS 130.313 Costs and fees. 1. Except as otherwise required pursuant to Section 16 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution, a petitioner must not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. 2. If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this State may assess against an o…

NRS 130.314 Limited immunity of petitioner. 1. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney or through services provided by a support-enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction…

NRS 130.315 Nonparentage as defense. A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2320)

NRS 130.316 Special rules of evidence and procedure. 1. The physical presence of a nonresident party who is a natural person in a tribunal of this State is not required for the establishment, enforcement or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determinin…

NRS 130.317 Communication between tribunals. A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal outside this State in a record, or by telephone, electronic mail or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree or order of tha…

NRS 130.318 Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this State may: 1. Request a tribunal outside this State to assist in obtaining discovery; and 2. Upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this St…

NRS 130.319 Receipt and disbursements of payments. 1. A support-enforcement agency or tribunal of this State shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal …

NRS 130.401 Issuance of support order by tribunal with personal jurisdiction. 1. If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (a) Th…

NRS 130.402 Becoming responding tribunal in proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedu…

NRS 130.501 Delivery of income-withholding order of another state to employer of obligor in this State. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee or by a support-enforcement agency to the person defined as the obligor’s employe…

NRS 130.502 Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state. 1. Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, an employer of an obligor shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. 2. The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued…

NRS 130.503 Employer’s compliance with multiple income-withholding orders. If an employer of an obligor receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with th…

NRS 130.504 Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with NRS 130.501 to 130.507, inclusive, is not subject to civil liability to a natural person or agency with regard to the withholding of ch…

NRS 130.505 Penalties for noncompliance. An employer who willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of th…

NRS 130.506 Contest by obligor. 1. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a contest to that order …

NRS 130.507 Administrative enforcement of orders. 1. A party or support-enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a…

NRS 130.601 Registration of orders issued in other jurisdictions. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State for enforcement. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2324; A 2007, 132; 2009, 136; 2015, 895)

NRS 130.602 Procedure to register order for enforcement; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 130.706, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State by sending the following records to the app…

NRS 130.603 Effect of registration for enforcement. 1. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State. 2. A registered support order issued in another s…

NRS 130.604 Choice of law; statute of limitation; prospective application of law. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (a) The nature, extent, amount and duration of current payments under a registered support o…

NRS 130.605 Notice of registration of order. 1. When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this State shall notify the nonregistering party and a support-enforcement agency of this…

NRS 130.606 Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order. 1. A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this State shall request a hearing within the time required by NRS 130.605. The nonregistering party may…

NRS 130.607 Contest of registration or enforcement. 1. A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (a) The issuing tribunal lacked personal juri…

NRS 130.608 Confirmed order. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration. (Added to NRS by 1997, 23…

NRS 130.609 Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification. A party or support-enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this State in the same manner pro…

NRS 130.6095 Registration of foreign child-support order not under the Convention for modification. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the Convention may register that order in this State unde…

NRS 130.610 Effect of registration for modification. A tribunal of this State may enforce a child-support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State, but the registered support ord…

NRS 130.611 Modification of child-support order of another state; modification of child-support order of this State if one party resides outside this State and other party resides outside United States. 1. If NRS 130.613 does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of this State may …

NRS 130.6115 Modification of child-support order of foreign country. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 130.711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support orders pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this State may assume jurisdi…

NRS 130.612 Effect of order modified by tribunal of another state. If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this State is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this State: 1.…

NRS 130.613 Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this State. 1. If all of the parties who are natural persons reside in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this State has jurisdictio…

NRS 130.614 Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within 90 days after the issuance of a modified child-support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing and exclusive jurisdiction over…

NRS 130.7011 Definitions. As used in NRS 130.7011 to 130.713, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 130.7012 to 130.7018, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2009, 120; A 2015, 895)

NRS 130.7012 “Application” defined. “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. (Added to NRS by 2009, 120; A 2015, 895)

NRS 130.7013 “Central authority” defined. “Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country as described in subsection 4 of NRS 130.10116 to perform the functions specified in the Convention. (Added to NRS by 2009, 120; A 2015, 895)

NRS 130.7014 “Convention support order” defined. “Convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in subsection 4 of NRS 130.10116. (Added to NRS by 2009, 120; A 2015, 895)

NRS 130.7015 “Direct request” defined. “Direct request” means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this State in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor or a child residing outside the United States. (Added to NRS by 2009, 120; A 2015, 895)

NRS 130.7016 “Foreign central authority” defined. “Foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country described in subsection 4 of NRS 130.10116 to perform the functions specified in the Convention. (Added to NRS by 2009, 120; A 2015, 895)