Legal Opinion

Vaile v. Porsboll

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided January 26, 2012No. 53687; No. 53798PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

In these appeals, we address the district court’s authority to enforce or modify a child support order that a Nevada district court initially entered, when neither the parties nor the children reside in Nevada. We conclude that, under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, because no other jurisdiction has entered an order concerning child support, the Nevada order controls and the district court retains subject matter jurisdiction to enforce the Nevada order, but since the parties and children do not reside in Nevada and the parties have not consented to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Vaile v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of NevadaNevada Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Sidell v. SidellSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2011
  3. Day v. DayNevada Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Jurado v. BrashearSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  5. Upson v. WallaceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Castro v. HaughCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2014
  2. Covert v. Missouri Department of Social Services, Family Support DivisionMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017
  3. Gonzales-Alpizar v. GriffithNevada Supreme Court · 2014
  4. MIZRACHI VS. MIZRACHI (CHILD CUSTODY)Nevada Supreme Court · 2016
  5. MIZRACHI VS. MIZRACHI (CHILD CUSTODY)Nevada Supreme Court · 2016

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