Nevada 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 33 — Authorizes the establishment of paternity in proceedings concerning the protection of children. (BDR 11-436)

Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 33.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 18, 2020. Enacted.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

126 added · 155 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Assembly Bill No. 33 allows for establishing paternity during civil proceedings related to the protection of children, in addition to previously existing situations like divorce or support cases. This change is significant because it helps streamline legal processes, ensuring that paternity can be determined in areas where child safety is a concern, which can lead to more comprehensive protections for vulnerable children. Furthermore, judgments on paternity established in these proceedings will not be confidential, meaning the information will be accessible, further supporting transparency and accountability in child protection cases.

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 14, 2021) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
Assembly Bill No.
33 A SSEMBLY BILL NO .
33–Committee on Judiciary CHAPTER..........
33–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (ON B EHALF OF THE N EVADA A SSOCIATION OF C OUNTIES ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 18, 2020 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Authorizes the establishment of paternity in proceedings concerning the protection of children.
(BDR 11-436) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
LegiExisting law sets forth provisions concerning actions in which the paternity of a child may be legally established.
Existing law sets forth provisions concerning actions in which the paternity of a authorizes the paternity of a child to be legally established during a proceeding concerning the support of a dependent child.
(NRS 126.071-126.223) Existing law also authorizes the paternity of a child to be legally established during a proceeding concerning the support of a dependent child.
(NRS 432B.410- 432B.590) This bill authorizes the paternity of a child to be legally established during a civil proceeding concerning the protection of a child.
(NRS 432B.410- during a civil proceeding concerning the protection of a child.egally established Existing law provides that a district court has jurisdiction of an action to determine parentage pursuant to chapter 126 of NRS and allows such an action to be joined with an action for divorce, annulment, separate maintenance or support.
determine parentage pursuant to chapter 126 of NRS and allows such an action to be joined with an action for divorce, annulment, separate maintenance or support.
Section 12 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate that the parent and child relationship may be legally established in an action to establish paternity that is part of a civil proceeding concerning the protection of a child.
Section 12 of relationship may be legally established in an action to establish paternity that is part of a civil proceeding concerning the protection of a child.
an action to establish paternity.
Existing law sets forth the content and effect of a judgment or order entered in an action to establish paternity.
(NRS 126.161) Section 12.7 of this bill providesn that such a judgment or order issued during a proceeding concerning the protection of a child:
(NRS 126.161) Section 12.7 of this bill provides that such a judgment or order issued during a proceeding concerning the protection of a child:
(1) is not subject to the provisions relating to the confidentiality of - *AB33_R1* – 2 – judgments or orders in a proceeding concerning the protection of a child;
(1) is not subject to the provisions relating to the confidentiality of a final order.rders in a proceeding concerning the protection of a child;
and (2) is a final order.
and (2) is EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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(e) The consent of the woman to assisted reproduction pursuant to NRS 126.670 and 126.680 which resulted in the birth of the child;
- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – (e) The consent of the woman to assisted reproduction pursuant to NRS 126.670 and 126.680 which resulted in the birth of the child;
or (f) An adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational carrier if the gestational agreement is enforceable under the provisions of NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, or any other provision of law.
or (f) An adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child enforceable under the provisions of NRS 126.710 to 126.810,is inclusive, or any other provision of law.
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submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to an action brought under this chapter with respect to a child who may have been conceived by that act of intercourse.
A person who has sexual intercourse in this state thereby submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to an action brought under this chapter with respect to a child who may have been conceived by that act of intercourse.
If an action to establish paternity is transferred from one judicial district in this state to another judicial district in this state, the district court to which the action is transferred shall not require the petitioner to file additional documents with the court or provide additional service of process upon the respondent to maintain jurisdiction over the parties.
If an action to establish paternity is transferred from one judicial district in this state to another judicial district in this state, the district court to which the action is transferred shall not require the petitioner to file additional documents with the court or provide - 81st Session (2021) – 3 – additional service of process upon the respondent to maintain jurisdiction over the parties.
A judgment or order of a court, or a judgment or order entered pursuant to an expedited process, determining the existence or nonexistence of the relationship of parent and child is determinative for all purposes.
A judgment or order of a court, or a judgment or existence or nonexistence of the relationship of parent and child is determinative for all purposes.
- *AB33_R1* – 4 – (a) Contain any other provision directed against the appropriate party to the proceeding, concerning the duty of support, the custody and guardianship of the child, visitation with the child, the furnishing of bond or other security for the payment of the judgment, or any other matter in the best interest of the child.
(a) Contain any other provision directed against the appropriate party to the proceeding, concerning the duty of support, the custody and guardianship of the child, visitation with the child, the furnishing of bond or other security for the payment of the judgment, or any other matter in the best interest of the child.
The court may limit the father’s liability for past support of the child to the proportion of the expenses already incurred which the court deems just.
The court may limit the expenses already incurred which the court deems just.he proportion of 5.
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- 81st Session (2021) – 4 – voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.283, a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.285, judicial procedure or an administrative procedure established by this or another state, as that term is defined in NRS 130.10179, to facilitate the collection of an obligation for the support of a child.
As used in this section, “expedited process” means a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.283, a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 440.285, judicial procedure or an administrative procedure established by this or another state, as that term is defined in NRS 130.10179, to facilitate the collection of an obligation for the support of a child.
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Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 33.

  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  3. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

  5. Read second time.

  6. From committee: Do pass.

  7. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

  8. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

  9. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 76.) To printer.

  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day.

  11. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

  12. To committee.

  13. Read first time.

  14. From printer.

  15. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary · Primary

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Sponsors (1)

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

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