Nevada Child Support Services

Nevada Child Support Services, a division of the District Attorney’s office enforces and collects child support. For children living in Nevada. Nevada can collect from a parent living out of state by registering the order in the other state and then that state takes over enforcement of the order.

There is a law in Nevada that a child must be registered with Child Support Services within 10 days of a custody or child support determination. This never happened in my case. The judge was so stupid she totally overlooked this. She never required the Plaintiff’s Nevada attorney to register Nathan with Child Support Services.

Leo, the Plaintiff was residing in California so not only was he supposed to register with Child Support Services in Nevada but also with Child Support Services in California who would be the enforcers of any Child Support Order created by Nevada.

Leo’s attorney never did this. Said its not required. Well it is if you follow Federal Administrative Law which requires states to “cooperate with each others forms”. California requires Court Orders from other States to be registered so they can review them to make sure they comply with Federal Law before California enforces them. This prevents California from ending up in Federal Court.

The Nevada Judge never cooperated with California’s request for Registered Court Orders. This is standard procedure. The Nevada Judge and Plaintiffs Nevada Attorney would have known this as experienced as they were.

From the injunction, change of custody, cancellation of family support for Melody and the Minor, order for Child Support payable to Leo Rainwater, Divorce paperwork saying Nathan the minor resided in Nevada while both parents were residing in California, Final Paperwork, paperwork stating Leo’s finances, court order demanding the poor unrepresented defendant Melody pay the wealthy Plaintiffs attorney fees, court order taking attorney fees out of a California retirement account. None of these were registered in the State of California where the “controversy” and assets existed.

In talking to more than a few Nevada Attorney’s begging for legal assistance, Melody had more than one tell her that Nevada was not required to register court orders in California. This prevailing attitude of lack of cooperation is common.

I am not an attorney but I am pretty sure that in order for Nevada to collect Child Support from a Parent in California then two things must be true. The child must be residing with a parent or guardian in Nevada and the Child Custody Order and Child Support Order need to be registered with Child Support Services in California. The Nevada Judge was required to oversee the registration of Nathan Rainwater with the Child Support Services in California. Registration with Child Support Services in Nevada would be impossible because the Nevada System is not designed to accept a child living in a different state and two parents also residing outside of Nevada.

Simply put, the system expects a Nevada Address for either a parent or a child.

Melody the defendant and the minor child’s address is withheld but is in Sacramento County, CA. Leo the Plaintiff’s address is also withheld but is in San Luis Obispo County, CA.

Nevada’s Child Support Collection is not to take money for Child Support Collection for minors living out of State unless they are collecting from a parent living inside Nevada State lines.

The Judge, knowing that California would be the enforcer of any Child Support was obligated to turn the case over to California to avoid government inefficiency. Anything else would be stupid. Courts are expensive to run. Melody asking for the case to be dismissed so she could file in California makes perfect sense. It’s simple and efficient. Cheaper. The only ones profiting from a Nevada divorce is the attorneys and Judge living in Nevada. This divorce costs Nevada taxpayers money and Leo and Melody don’t even live there.