Obligation of parents
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Rivero v. Rivero (2009)
Most recently applied in Miller v. Miller (March 2018)
[1:87:1923; NCL § 3405]—(NRS A 1983, 1873; 1989, 747)
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.
1. The parents of a child (in this chapter referred to as “the child”) have a duty to provide the child necessary maintenance, health care, education and support.
2. They are also liable, in the event of the child’s death, for its funeral expenses.
3. The father is also liable to pay the expenses of the mother’s pregnancy and confinement.
4. The obligation of the parent to support the child under the laws for the support of poor relatives applies to children born out of wedlock.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.