Period of limitations
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Hermanson v. Hermanson (1994)
Most recently applied in MARTINEZ v. AVILA, JR. (CHILD CUSTODY) (June 2022)
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1272; A 1981, 1573; 1983, 1870)
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. An action brought under this chapter to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship is not barred until 3 years after the child reaches the age of majority.
2. This section does not alter the time within which a right of inheritance or a right to a succession may be asserted beyond the time provided by law relating to distribution and closing of decedents’ estates or to the determination of heirship, or otherwise.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.