Except as otherwise provided in NRS 31A.024:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the amount of income to be withheld pursuant to NRS 31A.025 to 31A.190, inclusive, must include:
(a) The amount of the current support due plus:
(1) An amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of the current periodic or other payment ordered for support, to be applied to satisfy arrearages, if any; or
(2) If the court has previously ordered the payment of arrearages in a specified manner, the amount so ordered;
(b) If the obligor is subject to a court order for the payment of current support which is not being collected pursuant to this chapter and the enforcing authority is entitled to collect any arrearages, an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount of the payment ordered for current support, to be applied to satisfy the arrearages; or
(c) If the child is emancipated, arrearages as provided in NRS 125B.100, until the arrearages are paid in full.
2. The amount of income withheld must be calculated in accordance with the percentages set forth in NRS 31.295, regardless of whether the income qualifies as disposable earnings.
3. If two or more court orders for the withholding of income are being enforced against the same obligor, the amount available from withholding must be allocated among those persons entitled to it pursuant to those orders:
(a) Giving priority to an obligation for current support; and
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), in the proportion that the amount owed any one person bears to the total amount owed to all persons entitled to withholding pursuant to those orders.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1425; A 1987, 2243; 1997, 2272, 2273; 2021, 2278)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 31A - Enforcement of Obligations for Support of Children
NRS 31A.012 - "Court" defined.
NRS 31A.0125 - "Disposable earnings" defined.
NRS 31A.013 - "Division of Welfare and Supportive Services" defined.
NRS 31A.0135 - "Employer" defined.
NRS 31A.014 - "Enforcing authority" defined.
NRS 31A.016 - "Income" defined.
NRS 31A.0165 - "Income payer" defined.
NRS 31A.017 - "Lump sum payment" defined.
NRS 31A.018 - "Notice to withhold income" defined.
NRS 31A.019 - "Obligor" defined.
NRS 31A.021 - "State" defined.
NRS 31A.022 - "Written notice" defined.
NRS 31A.024 - Applicability of chapter to order issued by court of another state.
NRS 31A.025 - Initiation of procedure for withholding of income; exceptions.
NRS 31A.030 - Calculation of amount to be withheld; allocation of amount available from withholding.
NRS 31A.040 - Notice to obligor who is subject to withholding.
NRS 31A.050 - Hearing to contest withholding; grounds; exceptions.
NRS 31A.060 - Determination by court; assessment of costs and attorney’s fees; notice.
NRS 31A.072 - Withholding of certain lump sum payments.
NRS 31A.080 - Duties of income payer upon receipt of notice to withhold or written notice.
NRS 31A.130 - Regulations governing documentation and distribution of payments.
NRS 31A.180 - Modification of amount withheld.
NRS 31A.190 - Voluntary request for withholding.
NRS 31A.250 - Court may order assignment of income.
NRS 31A.270 - Calculation of amount to be assigned.
NRS 31A.290 - Prohibition against discharge or discipline of obligor as result of assignment.
NRS 31A.320 - Petition by obligor to terminate order of assignment.