NRS125C.170. Delegation of visitation rights to family member of parent to be deployed; termination of such rights; effect on ability of family member to seek separate visitation order. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

      1.  Upon a motion by the parent who received orders for deployment, the court may delegate his or her visitation rights, or a portion of those rights, to a family member of that parent who has a substantial relationship with the child if the court determines that such delegated visitation is in the best interest of the child.

      2.  In determining whether visitation rights should be delegated to a family member pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall consider the factors set forth in paragraphs (a) to (i), inclusive, of subsection 6 of NRS 125C.050.

      3.  Any visitation rights delegated to a family member pursuant to subsection 1 terminate upon:

      (a) The expiration of a temporary order pursuant to NRS 125C.165; or

      (b) A showing that the delegated visitation is no longer in the best interest of the child.

      4.  Nothing in this section increases the authority of a family member who is delegated visitation rights pursuant to subsection 1 to seek separate visitation rights of the child pursuant to NRS 125C.050.

      (Added to NRS by 2011, 798; R 2013, 771, effective January 1, 2014)