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NRS 130.045

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

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 130–130 (116 sections).

(Added to NRS by 1999, 170)

Except as otherwise required by the provisions of this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state:

1. Shall not stay a proceeding or refuse a hearing pursuant to this chapter because of any pending or prior action or proceeding for divorce, separation, annulment, dissolution, habeas corpus, adoption or custody in this or any other state.

2. Shall hold a hearing pursuant to this chapter and may issue a support order pendente lite and, in aid thereof, require the obligor to give a bond for the prompt prosecution of the pending proceeding.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.