Potter v. Potter

OPINION

By the Court, Becker, C. J.:

This appeal involves whether Nevada’s relocation statute, NRS 125C.200, applies to parties who share joint physical custody of their minor children. We conclude that it does not. When one parent in a joint physical custody arrangement desires to move outside of Nevada with the minor children, the correct procedure is to file a motion for change of custody under NRS 125.510(2) for the purpose of relocation. The district court must then determine whether the best interests of the children are better served by living outside of Nevada with the relocating parent…