201.085 - Definition; penalty. - Nevada Statutes

201.085  Definition; penalty.

      1.  A person is guilty of paternity fraud if the person:

      (a) Is ordered by a court to submit, or agrees to submit, to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child and knowingly assists, aids, abets, solicits or conspires with another person to have someone other than himself submit to the test for the purpose of preventing a determination that he is the father of the child;

      (b) Submits to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child in place of the person who has been ordered to submit, or who has agreed to submit, to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child for the purpose of preventing a determination that the person for whom he is taking the test is the father of the child; or

      (c) Knowingly assists, aids, abets, solicits or conspires with another person:

             (1) To commit a violation of paragraph (a) or (b); or

             (2) To render inaccurate the results of a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child.

      2.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 1022)