130.711 - Modification of Convention child-support order. [Effective on the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Ma - Nevada Statutes

130.711  Modification of Convention child-support order. [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.]

      1.  A tribunal of this State may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:

      (a) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this State, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or

      (b) The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

      2.  If a tribunal of this State does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this State, subsection 3 of NRS 130.708 applies.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 124, 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)