Nevada § 130.307 Duties of support-enforcement agency

Nevada Statutes

§ 130.307 — Duties of support-enforcement agency

Nevada § 130.307

Title 11DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 130Interjurisdictional

Article 3—Civil Provisions of General Application

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 130.307 (2026).

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1. A support-enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter. 2. A support-enforcement agency of this State that is providing services to the petitioner shall:

(a)Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this State, another state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;

(b)Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for a hearing;

(c)Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to the income and property of the parties;

(d)Within 5 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the

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1. A support-enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.
2. A support-enforcement agency of this State that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this State, another state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
(b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for a hearing;
(c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to the income and property of the parties;
(d) Within 5 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(e) Within 5 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or his or her attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
3. A support-enforcement agency of this State that requests registration of a child-support order in this State for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:
(a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
(b) If two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
4. A support-enforcement agency of this State that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
5. A support-enforcement agency of this State shall issue or request a tribunal of this State to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears and interest if requested to do so by a support-enforcement agency of another state pursuant to a law similar to NRS 130.319 .
6. This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support-enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the natural person being assisted by the agency.