Sheriff v. Vlasak

*60OPINION

By the Court,

Steffen, C. J.:

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether NRS 201.020, which criminalizes a parent’s “persistent” failure to provide “support and maintenance” for his or her children, is unconstitutionally vague. For the reasons explained hereafter, we conclude that the challenged statute is not unconstitutional and we therefore reverse the district court’s order.

FACTS

The respondent, David Vlasak, married nonparty Rita Gray in 1982, fathered two children, and was divorced from Gray in 1986. The divorce decree ordered Vlasak to pay monthly child support in the…