Nevada Revised Statutes 130.613 – Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this State
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1. If all of the parties who are natural persons reside in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this State has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the child-support order of the issuing state in a proceeding to register that order.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 130.613
- 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.
2. A tribunal of this State exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of NRS 130.0902 to 130.209, inclusive, and 130.601 to 130.713, inclusive, and the procedural and substantive law of this State to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. The provisions of NRS 130.301 to 130.507, inclusive, and 130.801 and 130.802 do not apply.