Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 130.205 (2026)

Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of tribunal that has issued child-support order; becoming initiating tribunal to request modification of child-support order

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NRS 130.205  Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of tribunal that has issued child-support order; becoming initiating tribunal to request modification of child-support order.

      1.  A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State has and shall exercise continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and:

      (a) At the time of the filing of a request for modification, this State is the residence of the obligor, the obligee who is a natural person or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or

      (b) Even if this State is not the residence of the obligor, the obligee who is a natural person or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this State may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.

      2.  A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State may not exercise continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if:

      (a) All of the parties who are natural persons file consent in a record with the tribunal of this State that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is a natural person or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing and exclusive jurisdiction; or

      (b) Its order is not the controlling order.

      3.  If a tribunal of another state has issued a child-support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of this State, tribunals of this State shall recognize the continuing and exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.

      4.  A tribunal of this State that lacks continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.

      5.  A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing and exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 2314; A 2007, 120)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1987–2017 · leading case: Vaile v. Porsboll, 268 P.3d 1272 (Nev. 2012).
Vaile v. Porsboll, 268 P.3d 1272 (Nev. 2012). · cites it 5× “NRS 130.205(1). Thus, we must determine whether the district court impermissibly modified the child support obligation under UIFSA when it imposed a sum certain payment of $1,300 per month as Vaile’s child support obligation, or if that determination was a clarification of the…”
Taylor v. Vilcheck, 745 P.2d 702 (Nev. 1987). · cites it 2× “210(1) provides in pertinent part that “the affidavit of the obligee is admissible into evidence subject to challenges using the procedure proscribed in NRS 130.205.” NRS 130.205, in turn, provides: If the obligee is not present at the hearing and the obligor denies owing the…”
Vaile Vs. Vaile c/w 61415, 2017 NV 30 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 4× “NRS 130.205(1) requires three things in order for Nevada to have continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order: (1) a court in this state issued the order consistent with the laws of this state; (2) the order is the controlling order; and (3) either the…”
Vaile Vs. Vaile c/w 61415, 2017 NV 30 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 2× “205(1) requires three things in order for Nevada to have continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order: (1) a court in this state issued the order consistent with the laws of this state; (2) the order is the controlling order; and (3) either the state is…”
Vaile Vs. Vaile c/w 61415, 2017 NV 30 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 2× “205(1) requires three things in order for Nevada to have continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order: (1) a court in this state issued the order consistent with the laws of this state; (2) the order is the controlling order; and (3) either the state is…”
Vaile v. Porsboll CA1/4 (Cal. Ct. App. 2015). “(See Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 130.205 (1)(a), (b) (2014); §§ 4909, 4960; In re Marriage of Haugh (2014) 225 Cal.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 130.205(1) — 4 cases
Vaile v. Porsboll, 268 P.3d 1272 (Nev. 2012). “NRS 130.205(1). Thus, we must determine whether the district court impermissibly modified the child support obligation under UIFSA when it imposed a sum certain payment of $1,300 per month as Vaile’s child support obligation, or if that determination was a clarification of the…”
Vaile Vs. Vaile c/w 61415, 2017 NV 30 (Nev. 2017). “NRS 130.205(1) requires three things in order for Nevada to have continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order: (1) a court in this state issued the order consistent with the laws of this state; (2) the order is the controlling order; and (3) either the…”
Vaile Vs. Vaile c/w 61415, 2017 NV 30 (Nev. 2017). “205(1) requires three things in order for Nevada to have continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order: (1) a court in this state issued the order consistent with the laws of this state; (2) the order is the controlling order; and (3) either the state is…”
Vaile Vs. Vaile c/w 61415, 2017 NV 30 (Nev. 2017). “205(1) requires three things in order for Nevada to have continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order: (1) a court in this state issued the order consistent with the laws of this state; (2) the order is the controlling order; and (3) either the state is…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 130.205(1)(b) — 3 cases
Vaile Vs. Vaile c/w 61415, 2017 NV 30 (Nev. 2017). “NRS 130.205(1) requires three things in order for Nevada to have continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order: (1) a court in this state issued the order consistent with the laws of this state; (2) the order is the controlling order; and (3) either the…”
Vaile Vs. Vaile c/w 61415, 2017 NV 30 (Nev. 2017). “205(1) requires three things in order for Nevada to have continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order: (1) a court in this state issued the order consistent with the laws of this state; (2) the order is the controlling order; and (3) either the state is…”
Vaile Vs. Vaile c/w 61415, 2017 NV 30 (Nev. 2017). “205(1) requires three things in order for Nevada to have continuing and exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order: (1) a court in this state issued the order consistent with the laws of this state; (2) the order is the controlling order; and (3) either the state is…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 130.205(l)(a) — 1 case
Vaile v. Porsboll, 268 P.3d 1272 (Nev. 2012). “NRS 130.205(1). Thus, we must determine whether the district court impermissibly modified the child support obligation under UIFSA when it imposed a sum certain payment of $1,300 per month as Vaile’s child support obligation, or if that determination was a clarification of the…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 130.205(l)(b) — 1 case
Vaile v. Porsboll, 268 P.3d 1272 (Nev. 2012). “NRS 130.205(1). Thus, we must determine whether the district court impermissibly modified the child support obligation under UIFSA when it imposed a sum certain payment of $1,300 per month as Vaile’s child support obligation, or if that determination was a clarification of the…”
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