Nevada Revised Statutes Section 130.301 - Domestic Relations

Proceedings under act.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, NRS 130.301 to 130.319, inclusive, apply to all proceedings under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

2. The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act provides for the following proceedings:

(a) The establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to NRS 130.401;

(b) The enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state without registration pursuant to NRS 130.501 to 130.507, inclusive;

(c) The registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement pursuant to NRS 130.601 to 130.614, inclusive;

(d) The modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this state pursuant to NRS 130.203 to 130.206, inclusive;

(e) The registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant to NRS 130.601 6o 130.614, inclusive;

(f) The determination of parentage pursuant to NRS 130.701; and

(g) The assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to NRS 130.201 and 130.202.

3. An individual petitioner or a support-enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

Last modified: February 25, 2006