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  Nevada Divorce Attorney James E. Smith
  has 25+ years experience helping 100's
  of clients like you regain their freedom!
 
 


Nevada Divorce with Children

Click here to access Nevada Statutes ON DIVORCE in their entirety
Click here to read Nevada Statutes that pertain to CHILD CUSTODY
Click here to read Nevada Statutes that pertain to CHILD SUPPORT

Click Here to get started with your Joint Petition with children (2 signatures)
Click Here to get started with a Complaint for Divorce with children (1 signature)

Basic Requirements when filing a divorce with children in Nevada:

Nevada Residency for children in a Nevada divorce:
Nevada District Court only takes jurisdiction over children that have lived in Nevada with you for a minimum of six (6) months. At that point, Nevada is considered the "home state" of the children and the Court will pass rulings on physical custody, visitation, and child support.

EXCEPTION: If you can show an "emergency" under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, a Nevada judge can make rulings over children who have not resided in Nevada for six months. Such cases can become complicated. In order to protect your children's rights and your own rights, we highly recommend that you contact us so that Attorney James E. Smith can advise you on your best course of action.

If you find it difficult to make a decision regarding physical custody, visitation, and child support , consider addressing those issues with a professional, licensed, mediator before filing your Nevada divorce.

Many divorcing people with children(and, or, with property to divide), find that they benefit greatly from meeting with a mediator prior to filing their divorces.


Through the mediation process, you'll come to decisions regarding your children that work for both parents and, most importantly, for the children. Leaving it up to a judge in a divorce trial, as well-intentioned as she or he might be, never makes anyone happy because the decision is made by someone who knows little of you, your children, and your life.

Mandatory Cope Class:
Both parents must attend a COPE class when the parties and the children live in Clark County.

You might have read on other websites that taking the class can be avoided by using that websites divorce typing services, however, note that they avoid you the class by filing your case in a county other than Clark. This means that if you ever have issues with child support or visitation, you have to either move your case to Clark County (and pay the costs associated with that), or travel to the other county to attend court there. In the end, you don't save money.

The class can now be taken online, at any time you wish, making it much more convenient for you than in the past.

When you file a joint petition, we need a Certificate of Completion from both parents to file at Court.

If one of the parties to a Nevada divorce refuses to attend a COPE class, he or she can be held in contempt of court -- and a judge can withhold visitation until the class is completed.

Child Support Guidelines:
This simple chart should help you easily figure out the amount of child support you would be expected to pay should a judge make the decision for you. You can, of course, pay a higher amount if you wish.

In any deviation from the table below (higher or lower amount), the Court takes into consideration the following factors (NRS125B.080)

      (a) The cost of health insurance;

      (b) The cost of child care;

      (c) Any special educational needs of the child;

      (d) The age of the child;

      (e) The legal responsibility of the parents for the support of others;

      (f) The value of services contributed by either parent;

      (g) Any public assistance paid to support the child;

      (h) Any expenses reasonably related to the mother’s pregnancy and confinement;

      (i) The cost of transportation of the child to and from visitation if the custodial parent moved with the child from the jurisdiction of the court which ordered the support and the noncustodial parent remained;

      (j) The amount of time the child spends with each parent;

      (k) Any other necessary expenses for the benefit of the child; and,

      (l) The relative income of both parents

income range of parent
more than less than Maximum

$0

$4,235

$6,351

$8,467

$10,585

$12,701

$14,816

$4,235

$6,351

$8,467

$10,585

$12,701

$14,816

no limit 

$604

$664

$726

$785

$846

$906

$968
STATUTORY PERCENTAGES:

NRS 125B.070 (1)(B):
One (1) child: 18%
Two (2) children: 25% 
Three (3) children: 29%
Four (4) children: 31% 
Five (5) or more children: 2% more over amount for four (4) children 
for each additional child.

 
EASY FORMULA TO FIGURE OUT YOUR CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION:
  1. Take the percentage of each party's salary according to the number of children you have (see STATUTORY PERCENTAGES just above)
  2. Subtract the smaller amount from the larger amount
  3. the party with the higher income pays the difference to the other party

John and Jane have one child and no reason to deviate from the Nevada statutory guidelines on child support. John's gross monthly salary is 1000 per month, so his obligation to Jane for child support is $180 per month.
Jane's gross monthly salary is 800 per month, so she is obligated to John for $144 monthly for child support.
Difference between $180 and $144 is $36, so John pays Jane $36 per month.

 
establish PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF CHILDREN:

In Nevada, customarily, both parents assume legal custody of their children, no matter with which parent a child spends the most time.

To take away legal custody from one parent, you must prove that the parent in question is dangerous to the well-being of the child in some way. A Motion separate from the divorce must be filed. It can be filed at the same time as the divorce.

These days, the courts like to see an equal time split between the parents, and will generally award split physical custody, provided it works to the advantage of the children. For instance, if one of the parents lives so far from the children's school that it means the children will spend several hours a day in a car to get to and from school, a judge may well rule that the children be with the parent who lives closer to the school during the week, and visit the parent who lives farther on the weekends.

Even if both parents live close to the children's school, you can opt to have them live at one parent's house more than at the other. It is not required that the children spend equal time with both parents. It's considered best for the children if it also works for both parents.

It's always best for the parents to make the decisions on the time split between the children - and if the children are over the age of 13, it's a good idea to involve them as well.

Should a judge have to make the decision on where your "over-13" children will live most of the time, it's possible that the judge would ask them where they wish to live, as they now have a right to make that decision.

 
establish VISITATION

If you opt for one parent only to have physical custody, you'll want to establish visitation for the other parent. There is no absolute rule here, just whatever works for the children and both parents. Again, it's always best to make this decision yourself. If a Nevada judge makes this difference, it's likely that visitation will be either every weekend, or every second weekend.

 
MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE
It is pretty much expected that at least one parent provide the children with at least basic medical coverage. If you cannot cover your children with health insurance, have an explanation to enter into the Joint Petition or Complaint for Divorce.
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    Why use an attorney?

  • Because, most importantly,
    you are represented by the attorney in front of the court instead of representing yourself!

  • Do you really need the headache of representing yourself? That's what happens when you pay a typing or paralegal service practicing law without a license to handle your divorce. Why do that? Especially since this divorce attorney's fees are so low.

  • Divorce typing services and paralegals file your case "In Proper Person" which is the same as if you had typed and filed it yourself. If the Court has doubts or questions they send all your documents back to you and tell you to attend a hearing to explain your case, or worse, the judge denies your divorce!


  • When you retain Attorney James E. Smith of Conexa, LLC, for your Nevada divorce, the name James E. Smith, Esq. is the very first thing that appears on the very top of all your divorce documents. The court immediately knows you have the power of a divorce attorney behind you! The attorney deals with the judge and the court. Not you!

  • Our attorney fees are highly competitive with many typing and paralegal divorce services. Why not protect yourself and your legal rights by dealing with a licensed Nevada attorney instead of a divorce service practicing law without a license? Do you really need the headache of your divorce going less than smoothly?