Nevada Code § 130.704

Initiation of support proceeding under Convention by Division of Social Services of Department of Human Services
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1. In a support proceeding under NRS 130.7011 to 130.713 , inclusive, the Division of Social
Services of the Department of Human Services shall:
(a) Transmit and receive applications; and
(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a
proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.
2. The following support proceedings are
available to the obligee under the Convention:
(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of
a foreign support order;
(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or
recognized in this State;
(c) Establishment of a support order if there is
no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a
child;
(d) Establishment of a support order if
recognition of a foreign support order is refused under paragraphs (b), (d) or
(i) of subsection 2 of NRS 130.708 ;
(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal
of this State; and
(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal
of another state or a foreign country.
3. The following support proceedings are
available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing
support order:
(a) Recognition of an order suspending or
limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;
(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal
of this State; and
(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal
of another state or a foreign country.
4. A tribunal of this State may not
require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment
of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.

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