130.606 - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order. [Effective until the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Oth

130.606  Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order. [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.  A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this State shall request a hearing within the time required by NRS 130.605. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to NRS 130.607.

      2.  If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law.

      3.  If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order, the registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date, time and place of the hearing.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 2325; A 2009, 138, 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)