“Home state” defined
Known as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
The act spans §§ 125–125 (58 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Ogawa v. Ogawa (2009)
Most recently applied in 142 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 19 - GILL v. GILL (CHILD CUSTODY) (March 2026)
(Added to NRS by 2003, 991)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
“Home state” means:
1. The state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months, including any temporary absence from the state, immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding.
2. In the case of a child less than 6 months of age, the state in which the child lived from birth, including any temporary absence from the state, with a parent or a person acting as a parent.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.