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Section 1. NRS 125.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. borne.

Sec. 2. NRS 125.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 125.230 1. The court in such actions may make such preliminary and

Sec. 3. NRS 125B.055 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. division determines is necessary to carry out the provisions of 42 U.S.C. §

1. 654a.

1. support of a child, each party to the cause of action shall file with the court

1. that issued the order and the welfare division:

1. (a) His social security number;

1. (b) His residential and mailing addresses;

1. (c) His telephone number;

1. (d) His driver’s license number; and

(e) The name, address and telephone number of his employer.

1. Each party shall update the information filed with the court and the welfare

1. division pursuant to this subsection within 10 days after that information

1. becomes inaccurate.

Sec. 4. NRS 125B.135 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 125B.135 If, after a court issues an order for the support of a child, a

Sec. 5. NRS 125B.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 125B.140 1. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 130 of NRS

1. a child, that order is a judgment by operation of law on or after the date a
2. payment is due. Such a judgment may not be retroactively modified or

1. adjusted and may be enforced in the same manner as other judgments of

1. this state.

1. (b) Payments for the support of a child pursuant to an order of a court

1. which have not accrued at the time either party gives notice that he has filed

1. a motion for modification or adjustment may be modified or adjusted by

1. the court upon a showing of changed circumstances, whether or not the

1. court has expressly retained jurisdiction of the modification or adjustment.

1. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 125B.012,

1. 125B.142 and 125B.144:

1. (a) Before execution for the enforcement of a judgment for the support

1. of a child, the person seeking to enforce the judgment must send a notice by

1. certified mail, restricted delivery, with return receipt requested, to the

1. responsible parent:

1. (1) Specifying the name of the court that issued the order for support

1. and the date of its issuance;

1. (2) Specifying the amount of arrearages accrued under the order;

1. (3) Stating that the arrearages will be enforced as a judgment; and

1. (4) Explaining that the responsible parent may, within 20 days after

1. the notice is sent, ask for a hearing before a court of this state concerning

1. the amount of the arrearages.

1. (b) The matters to be adjudicated at such a hearing are limited to a

1. determination of the amount of the arrearages and the jurisdiction of the

1. court issuing the order. At the hearing, the court shall take evidence and

1. determine the amount of the judgment and issue its order for that amount.

1. (c) The court shall determine and include in its order:

1. (1) Interest upon the arrearages at a rate established pursuant to NRS

1. 99.040, from the time each amount became due; and

1. (2) A reasonable attorney’s fee for the proceeding,

1. unless the court finds that the responsible parent would experience an

1. undue hardship if required to pay such amounts. Interest continues to

1. accrue on the amount ordered until it is paid, and additional attorney’s fees

1. must be allowed if required for collection.

1. arrearages if the amount of the judgment has been determined by any court.

Sec. 6. NRS 425.3828 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 425.3828 1. If a written response setting forth objections and

1. of financial responsibility within the specified period, a hearing must be
2. held pursuant to NRS 425.3832 and notice of the hearing must be sent to

1. the parent by regular mail.

1. 2. If a written response and request for hearing is not received by the

1. office issuing the notice and finding of financial responsibility within the

1. specified period, the master may enter a recommendation for the support of

1. recommendation, a declaration of that fact.

1. concerning the manner of payment.

1. dependent child.

1. of paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 425.382, regarding a plan for the

1. payment of support by the parent or the participation of the parent in work

1. activities.

1. guardians of the child.

1. and the name and date of birth of the dependent child for whom support is

1. to be paid.

1. attachment or other procedure for collection, including, but not limited to,

1. withholding of wages, garnishment, liens and execution on liens.

1. with the district court and served upon the other party within 10 days after

1. receipt of the recommendation.

1. support of a dependent child by regular mail addressed to the last known

1. address of the parent, or if applicable, the last known address of the

1. attorney for the parent.

1. 4. The recommendation for the support of a dependent child is final

1. upon approval by the district court pursuant to NRS 425.3844. The chief

1. may take action to enforce and collect upon the order of the court

1. approving the recommendation, including arrearages, from the date of the

1. approval of the recommendation.

1. 5. If a written response and request for hearing is not received by the

1. office issuing the notice and finding of financial responsibility within the
2. specified period, and the master enters a recommendation for the support of

1. a dependent child, the court may grant relief from the recommendation on

1. the grounds set forth in paragraph (b) of Rule 60 of the Nevada Rules of

1. Civil Procedure.

Sec. 7. NRS 425.3844 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 425.3844 1. A recommendation entered by a master pursuant to NRS

1. a master pursuant to NRS 425.382 to 425.3852, inclusive, including a
2. recommendation establishing paternity, a copy of the recommendation,

1. with the approval of the court endorsed thereon, must be filed:

1. (a) In the office of the clerk of the district court;

1. (b) If the order of the district court approving the recommendation of the

1. master modifies or adjusts a previous order issued by any district court in

1. this state, with the original order in the office of the clerk of that district

1. court; and

1. (c) With any court that conducts a proceeding related thereto pursuant to

1. the provisions of chapter 130 of NRS.

1. subsection 7, the recommendation has the force, effect and attributes of an

1. order or decree of the district court, including, but not limited to,

1. enforcement by supplementary proceedings, contempt of court proceedings,

1. writs of execution, liens and writs of garnishment.

Sec. 8. NRS 425.3855 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 9. NRS 432B.560 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 432B.560 1. The court may also order:

1. in the best interest of the child.
2. (c) A reasonable right of visitation for a grandparent of the child if the

1. child is not permitted to remain in the custody of his parents.

1. 2. The court shall order a parent or guardian to pay to the custodian an

1. amount sufficient to support the child while the child is in the care of the

1. custodian pursuant to an order of the court. Payments for the obligation of

1. support must be determined in accordance with NRS 125B.070 and

1. 125B.080, but must not exceed the reasonable cost of the child’s care,

1. including food, shelter, clothing, medical care and education. An order for

1. support made pursuant to this subsection must:

1. property in the event of nonpayment of support; and

1. payment of support unless:

1. (1) All parties enter into an alternative written agreement; or

1. (2) One party demonstrates and the court finds good cause to

1. postpone the withholding.

Sec. 10. Section 2 of Senate Bill No. 352 of this session is hereby

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 11. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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