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) The natural person seeking the order resides outside this State; or (b) The support-enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this State. 2. The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the natural person ordered to pay is: (a) A presumed father of the child under subsection 1 of NRS 126.051 ; (b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; (c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; (d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing; (e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; (f) An acknowledged father or acknowledged parent as provided by NRS 126.053 ; (g) The mother of the child; or (h) A natural person who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated. 3. Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to NRS 130.305 .
‹ Prev All Nevada sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.