Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 126 - Parentage
NRS 126.105 - Service of process.

Whenever service of process is required in an action brought under this chapter to determine the existence or nonexistence of the paternal relationship, it may be made pursuant to the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure or by certified mail, restricted delivery, with return receipt requested.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1572; A 1983, 1870; 1995, 2418; 1997, 2306)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 126 - Parentage

NRS 126.011 - Applicability of chapter.

NRS 126.021 - Definitions.

NRS 126.036 - Liberty interest of parent in care, custody and management of parent’s child is fundamental right.

NRS 126.041 - Establishment of relationship.

NRS 126.051 - Presumptions of paternity.

NRS 126.053 - Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or parentage.

NRS 126.071 - Who may bring action; when action may be brought.

NRS 126.081 - Period of limitations.

NRS 126.091 - Jurisdiction; joinder; venue.

NRS 126.101 - Parties.

NRS 126.105 - Service of process.

NRS 126.111 - Pretrial hearing; testimony.

NRS 126.121 - Tests for typing of blood or genetic identification; admissibility in court; effect of refusal to submit to test.

NRS 126.131 - Evidence relating to paternity; evidence of costs of certain medical services.

NRS 126.141 - Pretrial recommendations.

NRS 126.143 - Order for temporary support of child.

NRS 126.151 - Trial: Applicability of Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; admissibility of evidence of other sexual contact; without jury.

NRS 126.161 - Contents and effect of judgment or order.

NRS 126.163 - Order issued on or after October 1, 1998: Provision of information by court and parties to action; regulations.

NRS 126.171 - Costs.

NRS 126.181 - Enforcement of judgment or order.

NRS 126.191 - Modification of judgment or order.

NRS 126.193 - Cause of action subsequent to issuance of order: Notice and service of process.

NRS 126.201 - Right to counsel; appointment of counsel by court; free transcript on appeal.

NRS 126.211 - Hearings and records: Confidentiality.

NRS 126.221 - Substitution of certificate of birth.

NRS 126.223 - Entry of default upon failure to plead or defend in action.

NRS 126.231 - Who may bring action; provisions of chapter applicable to action.

NRS 126.291 - Proceedings not exclusive; fees.

NRS 126.295 - Form of complaint; verification.

NRS 126.301 - Absence of defendant.

NRS 126.311 - Effect of death, absence or insanity of plaintiff.

NRS 126.321 - Effect of death of defendant.

NRS 126.331 - Payment to trustee.

NRS 126.500 - Definitions.

NRS 126.510 - "Assisted reproduction" defined.

NRS 126.520 - "Domestic partner" defined.

NRS 126.530 - "Domestic partnership" defined.

NRS 126.540 - "Donor" defined.

NRS 126.550 - "Embryo" defined.

NRS 126.560 - "Gamete" defined.

NRS 126.570 - "Gestational agreement" defined.

NRS 126.580 - "Gestational carrier" defined.

NRS 126.590 - "Intended parent" defined.

NRS 126.600 - "In vitro fertilization" defined.

NRS 126.610 - "Parent" defined.

NRS 126.620 - "Record" defined.

NRS 126.630 - "Sign" defined.

NRS 126.640 - Scope of relationship.

NRS 126.650 - Inapplicability to birth of child conceived by means other than assisted reproduction.

NRS 126.660 - Donor not parent of child conceived by means of assisted reproduction.

NRS 126.670 - Person who provides gametes for, or consents to, assisted reproduction with intent to be parent of child is parent of resulting child.

NRS 126.680 - Finding of parentage by consent; exception.

NRS 126.690 - Proceedings to adjudicate parentage: Requirements.

NRS 126.700 - Former spouse or former domestic partner not parent if marriage or partnership dissolved or terminated before transfer of eggs, sperm or embryos unless consented to in record; withdrawal of consent.

NRS 126.710 - Gestational agreement: Conditions.

NRS 126.720 - Intended parent considered parent of child; exception; assumption of rights and obligations by parties of gestational carrier; court order validating gestational agreement.

NRS 126.730 - Confidentiality of proceedings, files and records pertaining to gestational carrier arrangement.

NRS 126.740 - Gestational carrier: Eligibility; legal consultation requirement for gestational carrier agreement.

NRS 126.750 - Gestational agreement: Requirements.

NRS 126.760 - Parent of child obligated to support child.

NRS 126.770 - Marriage or domestic partnership of gestational carrier after executing gestational agreement does not affect validity of agreement.

NRS 126.780 - Gestational agreement: Noncompliance; authority of court to determine rights and obligations of parties to agreement.

NRS 126.790 - Remedies of intended parents and gestational carrier.

NRS 126.800 - Reimbursement of gestational carrier for expenses and economic losses.

NRS 126.810 - Compensation of donor or prospective gestational carrier: Requirements.

NRS 126.900 - Promise to furnish support for child: Enforcement; confidentiality.