Title 11

NRS 125C.0623 “Family member” defined. “Family member” includes a sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, stepparent or grandparent of a child, and a person recognized to be in a familial relationship with a child under the laws of this State other than NRS 125C.0601 to 125C.0693, inclusiv…

NRS 125C.0625 “Limited contact” defined. “Limited contact” means the opportunity for a nonparent to visit with a child for a limited period of time. The term includes authority to take the child to a place other than the residence of the child. (Added to NRS by 2013, 763)

NRS 125C.0627 “Nonparent” defined. “Nonparent” means a person other than a deploying parent or other parent. (Added to NRS by 2013, 763)

NRS 125C.0629 “Other parent” defined. “Other parent” means a person who, in common with a deploying parent, is: 1. The parent of a child under the laws of this State other than NRS 125C.0601 to 125C.0693, inclusive; or 2. A person other than a parent with custodial responsibility…

NRS 125C.0631 “Record” defined. “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (Added to NRS by 2013, 764)

NRS 125C.0633 “Return from deployment” defined. “Return from deployment” means the conclusion of a service member’s or civilian employee’s deployment as specified in uniformed service orders. (Added to NRS by 2013, 764; A 2017, 738)

NRS 125C.0635 “Service member” defined. “Service member” means a member of a uniformed service. (Added to NRS by 2013, 764)

NRS 125C.0637 “State” defined. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (Added to NRS by 2013, 764)

NRS 125C.0639 “Uniformed service” defined. “Uniformed service” means: 1. Active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard of the United States; 2. The Merchant Marine, the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service or the Commissioned C…

NRS 125C.0641 Jurisdiction. 1. A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility under NRS 125C.0601 to 125C.0693, inclusive, only if the court has jurisdiction pursuant to chapter 125A of NRS. If the court has issued a temporary order regarding custodial responsibili…

NRS 125C.0643 Notice required of deploying parent. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, and subject to subsection 3, a deploying parent shall notify in a record the other parent of a pending deployment not later than 7 days after receiving notice of deployment unless …

NRS 125C.0645 Duty to notify of change of address. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person to whom custodial responsibility has been assigned or granted during deployment pursuant to NRS 125C.0649 to 125C.0677, inclusive, shall notify the deploying parent and an…

NRS 125C.0647 General considerations in custody proceeding of parent’s military service. In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of a service member or civilian employee, a court may not consider a parent’s past deployment or possible future deployment in itself i…

NRS 125C.0649 Form of agreement. 1. The parents of a child may enter into a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility during deployment. 2. An agreement under subsection 1 must be: (a) In writing; and (b) Signed by both parents and any nonparent to whom custodial resp…

NRS 125C.0651 Nature of authority created by agreement. 1. An agreement under NRS 125C.0649 to 125C.0657, inclusive, is temporary and terminates pursuant to NRS 125C.0679 to 125C.0685, inclusive, following the return from deployment of the deployed parent, unless the agreement ha…

NRS 125C.0653 Modification of agreement. 1. The parents may modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility made pursuant to NRS 125C.0649 to 125C.0657, inclusive, by mutual consent. 2. If an agreement is modified under subsection 1 before deployment of a deploying parent,…

NRS 125C.0655 Power of attorney. If no other parent possesses custodial responsibility under the laws of this State other than NRS 125C.0601 to 125C.0693, inclusive, or if an existing court order prohibits contact between the child and the other parent, a deploying parent, by pow…

NRS 125C.0657 Filing agreement or power of attorney with court. An agreement or power of attorney made under NRS 125C.0649 to 125C.0655, inclusive, must be filed within a reasonable period of time with any court that has entered an existing order on custodial responsibility or ch…

NRS 125C.0659 Proceeding for temporary custody order. 1. After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and during the deployment, a court may issue a temporary order granting custodial responsibility unless prohibited by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App…

NRS 125C.0661 Expedited hearing. If a motion to grant custodial responsibility is filed before a deploying parent deploys, the court shall conduct an expedited hearing. (Added to NRS by 2013, 767)

NRS 125C.0663 Testimony by electronic means. In a proceeding brought under NRS 125C.0659 to 125C.0677, inclusive, a party or witness who is not reasonably available to appear personally may appear and provide testimony and present evidence by electronic means unless the court fin…

NRS 125C.0665 Effect of prior judicial decree or agreement. In a proceeding for a grant of custodial responsibility pursuant to NRS 125C.0659 to 125C.0677, inclusive, the following rules apply: 1. A prior judicial order designating custodial responsibility of a child in the event…

NRS 125C.0667 Grant of caretaking or decision-making authority to nonparent. 1. On the motion of a deploying parent and in accordance with the laws of this State other than NRS 125C.0601 to 125C.0693, inclusive, a court may grant caretaking authority of a child to a nonparent who…

NRS 125C.0669 Grant of limited contact. On the motion of a deploying parent and in accordance with the laws of this State other than NRS 125C.0601 to 125C.0693, inclusive, a court shall grant limited contact with a child to a nonparent who is either a family member of the child o…

NRS 125C.0671 Nature of authority created by order. 1. A grant made pursuant to NRS 125C.0659 to 125C.0677, inclusive, is temporary and terminates pursuant to NRS 125C.0679 to 125C.0685, inclusive, following the return from deployment of the deployed parent, unless the grant has …

NRS 125C.0673 Content of temporary custody order. 1. An order granting custodial responsibility under NRS 125C.0659 to 125C.0677, inclusive, must: (a) Designate the order as temporary; and (b) Identify to the extent feasible the destination, duration and conditions of the deploym…

NRS 125C.0675 Order for child support. If a court has issued an order granting caretaking authority under NRS 125C.0659 to 125C.0677, inclusive, or an agreement granting caretaking authority has been executed under NRS 125C.0649 to 125C.0657, inclusive, the court may enter a temp…

NRS 125C.0677 Modifying or terminating grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent. 1. Except for an order in accordance with NRS 125C.0665 or as otherwise provided in subsection 2, and consistent with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. Appx. §§ 521-522, on the mot…

NRS 125C.0679 Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement. 1. At any time following return from deployment, a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility under NRS 125C.0649 to 125C.0657, inclusive, may be terminated by…

NRS 125C.0681 Consent procedure. At any time following return from deployment, the deploying parent and the other parent may file with the court an agreement to terminate a temporary order for custodial responsibility issued under NRS 125C.0659 to 125C.0677, inclusive. After an a…

NRS 125C.0683 Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility. Following return from deployment of a deploying parent until a temporary agreement or order for custodial responsibility established under NRS 125C.0649 to 125C.0677, inclusive, is termina…

NRS 125C.0685 Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order. 1. A temporary order for custodial responsibility issued under NRS 125C.0659 to 125C.0677, inclusive, shall terminate, if no agreement between the parties to t…

NRS 125C.0687 Court may hold expedited hearing upon motion alleging immediate danger of irreparable harm. The court may, upon a motion alleging immediate danger of irreparable harm to the child, hold an expedited hearing concerning custody or visitation following the deploying pa…

NRS 125C.0689 Costs and attorney’s fees. In addition to other relief provided by the laws of this State other than NRS 125C.0601 to 125C.0693, inclusive, if a court finds that a party to a proceeding under NRS 125C.0601 to 125C.0693, inclusive, has acted in bad faith or intention…

NRS 125C.0691 Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this uniform 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 2013, 771)

NRS 125C.0693 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This act modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede § 101(c) of that …

NRS 125C.203 Definitions. As used in NRS 125C.203 to 125C.250, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 125C.205 and 125C.207 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2025, 2657)

NRS 125C.205 “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 at issue. 2. The term includes a proceeding for divorce, separation, paternity, child support, termi…

NRS 125C.207 “Domestic violence” defined. “Domestic violence” means an act described in NRS 33.018. (Added to NRS by 2025, 2657)

NRS 125C.210 Child conceived as result of sexual assault: Rights of natural father convicted of sexual assault; rights when father is spouse of victim; rebuttable presumption upon divorce. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a child is conceived as the result of a…

NRS 125C.215 Denial of custody or visitation on basis of disability or possession of registry identification card prohibited. 1. A court shall not deny custody or visitation rights to a person solely because the person: (a) Is deaf, is blind or has another physical disability; or…

NRS 125C.220 Presumptions concerning custody and visitation when parent of child is convicted of first degree murder of other parent of child. 1. The conviction of the parent of a child for murder of the first degree of the other parent of the child creates a rebuttable presumpti…

NRS 125C.230 Presumption concerning custody when court determines that parent or other person seeking custody of child is perpetrator of domestic violence. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125C.210 and 125C.220, a determination by the court after an evidentiary hearing and …

NRS 125C.240 Presumption concerning custody when court determines that parent or other person seeking custody of child has committed act of abduction against child or any other child. 1. A determination by the court after an evidentiary hearing and finding by clear and convincing…

NRS 125C.243 Child custody proceedings: Limitations on removal of child from or restriction of contact with parent or litigant for purpose of improving relationship with child; conditions for ordering reunification treatment. 1. During a child custody proceeding, the court shall …

NRS 125C.245 Child custody proceedings involving alleged domestic violence or child abuse: Admission of expert evidence; required consideration of past conduct; prohibition against orders to remediate resistance of child to contact parent alleged to have committed domestic violen…