Issuance of support order by tribunal with personal jurisdiction.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 130.401
in effect1. If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
(a) The natural person seeking the order resides outside this State; or
(b) The support-enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this State.
2. The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the natural person ordered to pay is:
(a) A presumed father of the child under subsection 1 of NRS 126.051 ;
(b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
(c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
(d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
(e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
(f) An acknowledged father or acknowledged parent as provided by NRS 126.053 ;
(g) The mother of the child; or
(h) A natural person who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
3. Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to NRS 130.305 .
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-130.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026