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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 125A.085 (2026)

“Home state” defined

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NRS 125A.085  “Home state” defined.  “Home state” means:

      1.  The state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months, including any temporary absence from the state, immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding.

      2.  In the case of a child less than 6 months of age, the state in which the child lived from birth, including any temporary absence from the state, with a parent or a person acting as a parent.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 991)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2009–2026 · leading case: Ogawa v. Ogawa, 221 P.3d 699 (Nev. 2009).
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Ogawa v. Ogawa, 221 P.3d 699 (Nev. 2009). “NRS 125A.085. Thus, the definition “permits a period of temporary absence during the six-month time frame necessary to establish home-state residency.”
Friedman v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court Ex Rel. Cnty. of Clark, 264 P.3d 1161 (Nev. 2011). · cites it 2× “See NRS 125A.085(1) ("home state" means "[t]he state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months .”
Kar Vs. Kar (child Custody), 2016 NV 63 (Nev. 2016). · cites it 4× “See NRS 125A.085 (defining "home state"). Thus, the first of the conditions specified for jurisdiction under NRS 125A.”
Kar Vs. Kar (child Custody), 2016 NV 63 (Nev. 2016). · cites it 2× “Thus, the first of the conditions specified for jurisdiction under NRS 125A.305(1)(b)—no state has "home state" jurisdiction—was met.”
In Re: Guardianship of N.M., 2015 NV 75 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 2× “See NRS 125A.085. In addition, the record does not show that a child custody order had been entered or that a child custody proceeding had been initiated in another jurisdiction before the district 2 The cases that appellant relies on to limit the district court's jurisdiction…”
Davis Vs. Ewalefo (child Custody), 2015 NV 45 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 2× “'s "home state" as defined in NRS 125A.085 when Davis filed this action.”
Watkins v. Dist. Ct. (Cruz of the Watkins Fam.) (Nev. 2016). “See NRS 125A.085 (defining home state). Additionally, regardless of whether the child's mother had conceded custody to petitioner, the State of Nevada could still place the child in protective custody if the child was in need of protection.”
In Re: Visitation Of J.C.B., K.R.B., L.B.B., & L.A.B. (Nev. 2019). “305(1)(a); see also NRS 125A.085. And jurisdiction did not exist under NRS 125A.”
Kragen v. Dist. Ct. (kragen), 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 49 (Nev. 2024). “NRS 125A.085(1). Michael responds that the district court properly exercised jurisdiction because the children's absence from Nevada between January 31 and February 26 was temporary, such that they resided in Nevada from August 4 to February 26—more than six consecutive months.”
Gill v. Gill (child Custody), 142 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 19 (Nev. 2026). “085, “home state” means “[t]he state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months, including any temporary absence from the state, immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding.”
Gill v. Gill (child Custody), 142 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 19 (Nev. 2026). “Under NRS 125A.085, "home state" means "[the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months, including any temporary absence from the state, immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding.”
Meeks v. Wright (Child Custody) (Nev. 2014). “" NRS 125A.085. In the present case, the Nevada child custody proceeding commenced in August 2012 when appellant filed the motion to domesticate and modify the Texas child custody order.”
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— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 125A.085(1) — 4 cases
Friedman v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court Ex Rel. Cnty. of Clark, 264 P.3d 1161 (Nev. 2011). “See NRS 125A.085(1) ("home state" means "[t]he state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months .”
Kar Vs. Kar (child Custody), 2016 NV 63 (Nev. 2016). “See NRS 125A.085 (defining "home state"). Thus, the first of the conditions specified for jurisdiction under NRS 125A.”
Kar Vs. Kar (child Custody), 2016 NV 63 (Nev. 2016). “Thus, the first of the conditions specified for jurisdiction under NRS 125A.305(1)(b)—no state has "home state" jurisdiction—was met.”
Kragen v. Dist. Ct. (kragen), 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 49 (Nev. 2024). “NRS 125A.085(1). Michael responds that the district court properly exercised jurisdiction because the children's absence from Nevada between January 31 and February 26 was temporary, such that they resided in Nevada from August 4 to February 26—more than six consecutive months.”
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