Vaile v. Porsboll
Annotate this CaseUnder a 1998 divorce decree granted to Husband and Wife, Husband was obligated to pay wife $1,300 a month in child support. Husband voluntarily ceased paying child support in 2000. In 2007, Wife filed a motion to establish a fixed monthly child support obligation for Husband without regard to the formula adopted in the decree, to calculate arrears, and to reduce those arrears to judgment. The district court granted Wife's motion, set Husband's monthly child support obligation at $1,300, calculated arrearages, and reduced them to judgment. When Wife filed her motion, neither the parties nor the children resided in Nevada. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the district court exceeded its subject matter jurisdiction by modifying its child support order when the parties and their children did not reside in Nevada. Remanded.
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