Modification of child-support order of foreign country.

NRS

130.6115

Modification of child-support order of foreign country.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 130.711 , if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support orders pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this State may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all natural persons subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether or not the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the natural person pursuant to NRS 130.611 has been given or whether the natural person seeking modification is a resident of this State or of the foreign country.

2. An order issued by a tribunal of this State modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 118 ; A 2009, 140 ; 2015, 895 )