Nevada § 130.704 Initiation of support proceeding under Convention by Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services

Nevada Statutes

§ 130.704 — Initiation of support proceeding under Convention by Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services

Nevada § 130.704

Title 11DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 130Interjurisdictional

Article 7—Support Proceeding Under Convention

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 130.704 (2026).

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1. In a support proceeding under NRS 130.7011 to 130.713 , inclusive, the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and 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

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1. In a support proceeding under NRS 130.7011 to 130.713 , inclusive, the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and 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.