Legal Question in Family Law in Nevada

There is no requirement that one be from here, or married here, to divorce here. But it is not quite that simple. The residential period to file divorce is 6 weeks, not 6 months, and if unopposed can go through by default. Details are posted at http://www.willicklawgroup.com/divorce.

However, the court, if the defendant does not voluntarily appear, would have jurisdiction only to change status -- not to affect issues such as child custody, visitation or support, alimony, or distribution of property located elsewhere. For an explanation, see the article titled "The Basics of Family Law Jurisdiction," on the Published Works page of our firm web site, at http://www.willicklawgroup.com/published_works.

Of course, if the children live here for six months before anyone files anything anywhere, Nevada would be the Home State and therefore could order matters relating to custody. See the same article.

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