NRS
130.2055 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over spousal-support order.
1. A tribunal of this State issuing a
spousal-support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing and
exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the
existence of the support obligation.
2. A tribunal of this State may not modify
a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign
country having continuing and exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the
law of that state or foreign country.
3. A tribunal of this State that has
continuing and exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve
as:
(a) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal
of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this State; or
(b) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify
its own spousal-support order.
(Added to NRS by 2007,
118; A 2009,
128; 2015,
895)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
2
cases, 2013–2014 · leading case:
Midyett v. Midyett, 2013 Ark. App. 597 (Ark. Ct. App. 2013).
Midyett v. Midyett, 2013 Ark. App. 597 (Ark. Ct. App. 2013).
“Under both Arkansas and Nevada laws dealing with the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA), the tribunal in the state that issues a spousal-support order has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order throughout the existence of the support obligation.”
Gonzales-Alpizar v. Griffith, 2014 NV 2 (Nev. 2014).
· cites it 2× “See NRS 130.2055(2). The only support for Gonzales-Alpizar's "substantially similar" argument is a comparison of the laws for establishing and modifying child support in Nevada and Costa Rica.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 130.2055(2) — 1 case
Gonzales-Alpizar v. Griffith, 2014 NV 2 (Nev. 2014).
“See NRS 130.2055(2). The only support for Gonzales-Alpizar's "substantially similar" argument is a comparison of the laws for establishing and modifying child support in Nevada and Costa Rica.”
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