125.490 - Joint custody. - Nevada Statutes

125.490  Joint custody.

      1.  There is a presumption, affecting the burden of proof, that joint custody would be in the best interest of a minor child if the parents have agreed to an award of joint custody or so agree in open court at a hearing for the purpose of determining the custody of the minor child or children of the marriage.

      2.  The court may award joint legal custody without awarding joint physical custody in a case where the parents have agreed to joint legal custody.

      3.  For assistance in making a determination whether an award of joint custody is appropriate, the court may direct that an investigation be conducted.

      (Added to NRS by 1981, 284)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 125.136)