1.  The court may require the payments to be made to the custodial parent, a public agency or a person designated by the court as trustee.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 126.331

  • Custodial parent: means the parent of a child born out of wedlock who has been awarded physical custody of the child or, if no award of physical custody has been made by a court, the parent with whom the child resides. See Nevada Revised Statutes 126.021
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

2.  If the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services has provided money for the support of the child, the court shall direct that payment be made to the Division as provided for in NRS 425.360.

3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 of NRS 425.410, the payments must be made to a trustee if the custodial parent does not reside within the jurisdiction of the court or has assigned his or her right to receive support to a public agency in another state.

4.  The trustee shall report to the court annually, or more often, as directed by the court, the amounts received and paid over.