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Nevada | Section Summary

Marital age requirements in Nevada:

Male
Female
Male (parental consent)
Female (parental consent)
18
18
16
16
Minors under 16 may obtain license by parental consent and approval of court in extraordinary circumstances.
Welcome to MaritalLaws! In this section you will find information on laws regarding alimony, child support, custody, divorce, visitation, and even property division for the state of Nevada.

Nevada | Alimony Law Summary

In the state of Nevada, during or following a dissolution of marriage, divorce, or legal separation, the court may grant a spouse alimony payments. Alimony payments are support paid by the more monetarily independent spouse to a dependent spouse to help them maintain the standard of living established during marriage. There are many factors of consideration the court will look into when making declaring the amount, length, and requirement of alimony payments. Alimony may be required in lump sum or periodic payments.



Any property distributed after the dissolution of the marriage will be taken into consideration when first debating whether or not alimony should be required. Several other factors included in the court decision include, but are not limited to:

Nevada | Child Support Law Summary

If the parties agree as to the amount of support required, the parties shall certify that the amount of support is consistent with the appropriate formula set forth in NRS 125B. ....... Click here to get more info on Child Support


Nevada | Custody Law Summary

Best interests of child; preferences; presumptions when court determines parent or person seeking custody is perpetrator of domestic violence or has committed act of abduction against child or any other child. ....... Click here to get more info on Custody

Nevada | Divorce Law Summary

to divorce in Nevada, residency pre requisites must be met for the court to acknowledge the case. Divorce from the obligations of marriage might be gotten by confirmed grievance filed with the local court of any district if the spouse lived a month and a half in the State before suit was brought.



The Complaint for Divorce must announce the suitable Nevada grounds after that the divorce is being looked for. The divorce grounds are as per the following:



No Fault: 1. When the husband and wife have lived separate and apart for one year withou ....... Click here to get more info on Divorce



Nevada | Visitation Law Summary

Nevada law states that a biological parent of a minor child may request visitation rights as part of an open divorce, parentage or custody case or may file a petition for visitation in none of these circumstances apply. ....... Click here to get more info on Visitation

Nevada | Property Division Law Summary

In Nevada, marital property, or property acquired during the marriage, is distributed equally (50-50) to each party unless the court finds such a division to be inequitable or parties agree to a different formula under which to divide property. ....... Click here to get more info on Property Division

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