NRS130.704. Initiation by designated governmental entity of support proceeding under Convention. [Effective on the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is ratified by the President and the United States deposits its instrument of ratification.]

      1.  In a support proceeding under NRS 130.7011 to 130.713, inclusive, the governmental entity of this State designated pursuant to NRS 130.703 shall:

      (a) Transmit and receive applications; and

      (b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.

      2.  The following support proceedings are available to the obligee under the Convention:

      (a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

      (b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;

      (c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

      (d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under paragraphs (b), (d) or (i) of subsection 2 of NRS 130.708;

      (e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

      (f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

      3.  The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

      (a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;

      (b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

      (c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

      4.  A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 120, effective on the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is ratified by the President and the United States deposits its instrument of ratification)