1.  A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing:

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 125A.455

  • 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.

(a) A visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or

(b) The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific visitation schedule.

2.  If a court of this state makes an order pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction pursuant to the criteria specified in NRS 125A.305 to 125A.395, inclusive. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or the period expires.