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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 125A.225 (2026)

International application

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NRS 125A.225  International application.

      1.  A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying NRS 125A.005 to 125A.395, inclusive.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of the provisions of this chapter must be recognized and enforced pursuant to NRS 125A.405 to 125A.585, inclusive.

      3.  The provisions of this section do not apply if the child custody laws of the foreign country where the child custody determination was made violate fundamental principles of human rights.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 992)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2009–2016 · 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.225. In this case, testimony and other evidence in the record substantially supports the district court’s finding that when the children left for Japan in June 2004, their absence was intended to be a temporary three-month vacation.”
Kar Vs. Kar (child Custody), 2016 NV 63 (Nev. 2016). · cites it 2× “See NRS 125A.225(1) (entitled "International application" and providing, "A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying NRS 125A.”
Kar Vs. Kar (child Custody), 2016 NV 63 (Nev. 2016). “Law Comm'n 1997), 9 ULA, Part 1A, 657 (West 1999). To these ends, the UCCJEA establishes uniform protocols to be followed in entering, enforcing, and modifying child custody decrees across state or, as here, international lines.”
Gabrielle v. Dist. Ct. (Rocha) (Nev. 2014). “475 (allowing a court of this state to enforce a custody order of another state); and NRS 125A.225 (providing that a foreign country shall be treated as a state of the United States for the purposes of NRS Chapter 125A).”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 125A.225(1) — 2 cases
Kar Vs. Kar (child Custody), 2016 NV 63 (Nev. 2016). “See NRS 125A.225(1) (entitled "International application" and providing, "A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying NRS 125A.”
Kar Vs. Kar (child Custody), 2016 NV 63 (Nev. 2016). “Law Comm'n 1997), 9 ULA, Part 1A, 657 (West 1999). To these ends, the UCCJEA establishes uniform protocols to be followed in entering, enforcing, and modifying child custody decrees across state or, as here, international lines.”
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