Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support
NRS 130.316 - Special rules of evidence and procedure.


1. The physical presence of a nonresident party who is a natural person in a tribunal of this State is not required for the establishment, enforcement or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.
2. An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule in NRS 51.065 if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside this State.
3. A copy of the record of child-support payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted therein and is admissible to show whether payments were made.
4. Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party at least 20 days before trial are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary and customary.
5. Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this State to a tribunal of this State by telephone, telecopier or other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.
6. In a proceeding under this chapter, a tribunal of this State shall permit a party or witness residing outside this State to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A tribunal of this State shall cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
7. In a civil proceeding under this chapter, if a party called to testify refuses to answer a question on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.
8. A privilege against the disclosure of communications between a married couple does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
9. The defense of immunity based on the relationship of a married couple or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
10. A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.283 or a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.285, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2320; A 2007, 128; 2009, 133; 2015, 892, 895; 2017, 249, 774)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support

NRS 130.015 - Requests between states for assistance to enforce support order; maintenance of records.

NRS 130.025 - Jurisdiction by arrest.

NRS 130.045 - Responding tribunals of State: Prohibition against staying proceedings or refusing hearings under certain circumstances; duties and powers.

NRS 130.0902 - Short title.

NRS 130.0904 - Uniformity of application and construction.

NRS 130.101 - Definitions.

NRS 130.10103 - "Child" defined.

NRS 130.10107 - "Child-support order" defined.

NRS 130.10109 - "Convention" defined.

NRS 130.10111 - "Duty of support" defined.

NRS 130.10115 - "Employer" defined.

NRS 130.10116 - "Foreign country" defined.

NRS 130.10117 - "Foreign support order" defined.

NRS 130.10118 - "Foreign tribunal" defined.

NRS 130.10119 - "Home state" defined.

NRS 130.10123 - "Income" defined.

NRS 130.10127 - "Income-withholding order" defined.

NRS 130.10135 - "Initiating tribunal" defined.

NRS 130.10137 - "Issuing foreign country" defined.

NRS 130.10139 - "Issuing state" defined.

NRS 130.10143 - "Issuing tribunal" defined.

NRS 130.10147 - "Law" defined.

NRS 130.10151 - "Obligee" defined.

NRS 130.10155 - "Obligor" defined.

NRS 130.101555 - "Outside this State" defined.

NRS 130.10156 - "Person" defined.

NRS 130.10158 - "Record" defined.

NRS 130.10159 - "Register" defined.

NRS 130.10163 - "Registering tribunal" defined.

NRS 130.10167 - "Responding state" defined.

NRS 130.10171 - "Responding tribunal" defined.

NRS 130.10175 - "Spousal-support order" defined.

NRS 130.10179 - "State" defined.

NRS 130.10183 - "Support-enforcement agency" defined.

NRS 130.10187 - "Support order" defined.

NRS 130.10191 - "Tribunal" defined.

NRS 130.102 - Tribunals and support enforcement agencies of State.

NRS 130.103 - Remedies cumulative and not exclusive.

NRS 130.105 - Applicability to support proceedings involving foreign orders, foreign tribunals or certain persons residing in foreign country; limitations.

NRS 130.201 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.

NRS 130.202 - Continuation of personal jurisdiction.

NRS 130.2025 - Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident in proceeding relating to foreign support order.

NRS 130.203 - Initiating and responding tribunal of State.

NRS 130.204 - Simultaneous proceedings in another state or foreign country.

NRS 130.205 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of tribunal that has issued child-support order; becoming initiating tribunal to request modification of child-support order.

NRS 130.2055 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over spousal-support order.

NRS 130.206 - Enforcement and modification of child-support order by tribunal having continuing jurisdiction.

NRS 130.207 - Recognition of controlling child-support order; determination of which order controls; request for determination; issuance of new controlling order.

NRS 130.208 - Multiple child-support orders for two or more obligees.

NRS 130.209 - Credit for payments.

NRS 130.301 - Proceedings under act.

NRS 130.302 - Action by minor parent.

NRS 130.303 - Application of law of State.

NRS 130.304 - Duties of initiating tribunal.

NRS 130.305 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal.

NRS 130.306 - Inappropriate tribunal.

NRS 130.307 - Duties of support-enforcement agency.

NRS 130.308 - Duties of Attorney General.

NRS 130.309 - Private counsel.

NRS 130.310 - Duties of State Information Agency.

NRS 130.311 - Pleadings and accompanying documents.

NRS 130.312 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.

NRS 130.313 - Costs and fees.

NRS 130.314 - Limited immunity of petitioner.

NRS 130.315 - Nonparentage as defense.

NRS 130.316 - Special rules of evidence and procedure.

NRS 130.317 - Communication between tribunals.

NRS 130.318 - Assistance with discovery.

NRS 130.319 - Receipt and disbursements of payments.

NRS 130.401 - Issuance of support order by tribunal with personal jurisdiction.

NRS 130.402 - Becoming responding tribunal in proceeding to determine parentage.

NRS 130.501 - Delivery of income-withholding order of another state to employer of obligor in this State.

NRS 130.502 - Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state.

NRS 130.503 - Employer’s compliance with multiple income-withholding orders.

NRS 130.504 - Immunity from civil liability.

NRS 130.505 - Penalties for noncompliance.

NRS 130.506 - Contest by obligor.

NRS 130.507 - Administrative enforcement of orders.

NRS 130.601 - Registration of orders issued in other jurisdictions.

NRS 130.602 - Procedure to register order for enforcement; exceptions.

NRS 130.603 - Effect of registration for enforcement.

NRS 130.604 - Choice of law; statute of limitation; prospective application of law.

NRS 130.605 - Notice of registration of order.

NRS 130.606 - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order.

NRS 130.607 - Contest of registration or enforcement.

NRS 130.608 - Confirmed order.

NRS 130.609 - Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification.

NRS 130.6095 - Registration of foreign child-support order not under the Convention for modification.

NRS 130.610 - Effect of registration for modification.

NRS 130.611 - Modification of child-support order of another state; modification of child-support order of this State if one party resides outside this State and other party resides outside United States.

NRS 130.6115 - Modification of child-support order of foreign country.

NRS 130.612 - Effect of order modified by tribunal of another state.

NRS 130.613 - Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this State.

NRS 130.614 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.

NRS 130.7011 - Definitions.

NRS 130.7012 - "Application" defined.

NRS 130.7013 - "Central authority" defined.

NRS 130.7014 - "Convention support order" defined.

NRS 130.7015 - "Direct request" defined.

NRS 130.7016 - "Foreign central authority" defined.

NRS 130.7017 - "Foreign support agreement" defined.

NRS 130.7018 - "United States central authority" defined.

NRS 130.702 - Proceedings under Convention; limitations.

NRS 130.703 - Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services to perform certain functions under Convention.

NRS 130.704 - Initiation of support proceeding under Convention by Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services.

NRS 130.705 - Direct request.

NRS 130.706 - Registration of Convention support order.

NRS 130.707 - Contest of registered Convention support order.

NRS 130.708 - Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order.

NRS 130.709 - Partial enforcement.

NRS 130.710 - Foreign support agreement.

NRS 130.711 - Modification of Convention child-support order.

NRS 130.712 - Personal information; limit on use.

NRS 130.713 - Record in original language; English translation.

NRS 130.801 - Grounds for rendition.

NRS 130.802 - Conditions of rendition.