Nevada Child Support
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Nevada Child Support Laws Explained
The Nevada child support laws guide the courts in looking at the circumstances surrounding both the custodial and non-custodial parents in order to figure out the proper amount of any child support payments ordered after a Nevada divorce.
Requesting Child Support
The Nevada Child Support Calculator is an important tool to help both parents determine how much child support is appropriate. However, the tool is only used for estimation purposes. In the end, the court in your county must determine the proper amount of child support.
Before the court will calculate your Nevada child support payments, the court will consider the following information:
- Total gross income of each parent (A parent's income can include tips, investment income, lottery winnings, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, workers’ compensation, Social Security, and/or pensions benefits.)
- Child support for children of other relationships
- Extra education expense
- Childcare expenses
- Health insurance costs
- Spousal support paid or received
Modifying Your Nevada Child Support Order
In order to change your child support payments, you must go back to court and specifically request a modification. If the parents agree that they want to modify the child support payments, they must submit a stipulation to the court. The court must then approve the stipulation. Then, the court must issue the order modifying the child support order.
Only a modification issued by the court will be enforced. The State of Nevada will not enforce a child support payment agreement that is only between the two parents.
Either the custodial parent or the non-custodial parent may request a modification, but there must be a significant change in circumstances. This could include:
- A raise or cut in the income of either parent
- A change in the custody of a child
- Additional unexpected medical or educational expenses
- Obligation of either parent to support other dependants
If there is only a minor change in circumstances, the court may order a temporary modification.
Terminating Child Support
Nevada child support laws require that both parents, regardless of gender, are obligated to provide financial support for their children until the child turns 18 and graduates from high school, turns 19, dies or is emancipated.
However, if your child has a severe disability, then you may continue to receive or pay child support even after the child reaches the age of 18 or 19. If your child will remain dependant after age 18 or 19, you may go back to court and formally ask that the court issue an order to continue child support payments.
Enforcing the Child Support Order
To get your child support order enforced in Nevada, go to the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services and fill out an Application for Child Support Services. The attorneys and enforcement officers will enforce the court’s child support order by:
- Suspending a Nevada driver's licenses, hunting and fishing licenses, and/or professional licenses
- Incarceration
- Direct payroll deductions
If the parent that is supposed to pay child support is unemployed, self-employed, or works for cash, it may be much more difficult to enforce the child support order. You may have to hire a private collection company to enforce the child support order. These companies will keep a small portion of the child support payment as their fee.
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