Nevada Code § 130.316

Special rules of evidence and procedure
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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 determining parentage of a child.
2. An affidavit, a document substantially
complying with federally mandated forms or a document incorporated by reference
in any of them, which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule in NRS 51.065 if given in person, is
admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness
residing outside this State.
3. A copy of the record of child-support
payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the
record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts
asserted therein and is admissible to show whether payments were made.
4. Copies of bills for testing for
parentage of a child, and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother
and child, furnished to the adverse party at least 20 days before trial are
admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the
charges were reasonable, necessary and customary.
5. Documentary evidence transmitted from
outside this State to a tribunal of this State by telephone, telecopier or
other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be
excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.
6. In a proceeding under this chapter, a
tribunal of this State shall permit a party or witness residing outside this
State to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone,
audiovisual means or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other
location. A tribunal of this State shall cooperate with other tribunals in
designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
7. In a civil proceeding under this
chapter, if a party called to testify refuses to answer a question on the
ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw
an adverse inference from the refusal.
8. A privilege against the disclosure of
communications between a married couple does not apply in a proceeding under
this chapter.
9. The defense of immunity based on the
relationship of a married couple or parent and child does not apply in a
proceeding under this chapter.
10. A voluntary acknowledgment of
paternity developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.283 or a voluntary acknowledgment
of parentage developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.285 , certified as a true copy, is
admissible to establish parentage of the child.

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