2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support
NRS 130.506 - Contest by obligor.

1. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a contest to that order as provided in NRS 130.601 to 130.713, inclusive, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State.

2. The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:

(a) A support-enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;

(b) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and

(c) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order, or if no person is designated, to the obligee.

3. The obligor has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:

(a) The tribunal that issued the order lacked personal jurisdiction over the obligor;

(b) The order was obtained by fraud;

(c) The order has been vacated, suspended, stayed or modified by a later order; or

(d) There is a mistake of fact as to the amount of the order or the identity of the obligor.

4. The provisions of NRS 130.604 apply to the contest. If the tribunal determines:

(a) Any of the defenses presented pursuant to subsection 3 in favor of the obligor, it shall issue an order to stay the withholding.

(b) None of the defenses presented pursuant to subsection 3 in favor of the obligor, it shall order the employer to proceed with the withholding, and may assess costs and attorney s fees against the obligor.

5. The tribunal shall provide the parties and employer with notice of its decision within 45 days after the obligor received a copy of the order pursuant to NRS 130.502.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 2323; A 2007, 131)