130.10116 - “Foreign country” defined. [Effective on the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is ratifi - Nevada Statutes

130.10116  “Foreign country” defined. [Effective on the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is ratified by the President and the United States deposits its instrument of ratification.]  “Foreign country” means a country, including a political subdivision thereof, other than the United States, which authorizes the issuance of support orders and:

      1.  Which has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;

      2.  Which has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this State as provided in NRS 130.308;

      3.  Which has enacted a law or established procedures for the issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter; or

      4.  In which the Convention is in force with respect to the United States.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 119, effective on the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is ratified by the President and the United States deposits its instrument of ratification)