125.080 - Trial of divorce action may be private.
125.080 Trial of divorce action may be private.
1. In any action for divorce, the court shall, upon demand of either party, direct that the trial and issue or issues of fact joined therein be private.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, upon such demand of either party, all persons must be excluded from the court or chambers wherein the action is tried, except:
(a) The officers of the court;
(b) The parties;
(c) The counsel for the parties;
(d) The witnesses for the parties;
(e) The parents or guardians of the parties; and
(f) The siblings of the parties.
3. The court may, upon oral or written motion of either party, order a hearing to determine whether to exclude the parents, guardians or siblings of either party, or witnesses for either party, from the court or chambers wherein the action is tried. If good cause is shown for the exclusion of any such person, the court shall exclude any such person from the court or chambers wherein the action is tried.
[43:19:1865; B § 948; BH § 2462; C § 2543; RL § 4863; NCL § 8405] + [3:222:1931; 1931 NCL § 9467.05]—(NRS A 2007, 188)