Nevada § 125D.180 - Evidence considered in determining credible risk of abduction

§ 125D.180. Evidence considered in determining credible risk of abduction

1. In determining whether there is a credible risk of abduction of a child, the court

shall consider any evidence that the petitioner or respondent: (a) Has previously abducted or attempted to abduct the child; (b) Has threatened to abduct the child; (c) Has recently engaged in activities that may indicate a planned abduction, including: (1) Abandoning employment; (2) Selling a primary residence; (3) Terminating a lease; (4) Closing bank or other financial management accounts, liquidating assets, hiding

or destroying financial documents, or conducting any unusual financial activities; (5) Applying for a passport or visa or obtaining travel documents for the respondent,

a family member or the child; or (6) Seeking to obtain the child's birth certificate or school or medical records; (d) Has engaged in domestic violence, stalking, or child abuse or neglect; (e) Has refused to follow a child custody determination; (f) Lacks strong familial, financial, emotional or cultural ties to the State or the

United States; (g) Has strong familial, financial, emotional or cultural ties to another state or

country; (h) Is likely to take the child to a country that: (1) Is not a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child

Abduction and does not provide for the extradition of an abducting parent or for the

return of an abducted child; (2) Is a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child

Abduction but: (I) The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is

not in force between the United States and that country; (II) Is noncompliant according to the most recent compliance report issued by the

United States Department of State; or (III) Lacks legal mechanisms for immediately and effectively enforcing a return order

pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; (3) Poses a risk that the child's physical or emotional health or safety would be

endangered in the country because of specific circumstances relating to the child

or because of human rights violations committed against children; (4) Has laws or practices that would: (I) Enable the respondent, without due cause, to prevent the petitioner from contacting

the child; (II) Restrict the petitioner from freely traveling to or exiting from the country

because of the petitioner's gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,

nationality, marital status or religion; or (III) Restrict the child's ability legally to leave the country after the child reaches

the age of majority because of the child's gender, sexual orientation, gender identity

or expression, nationality or religion; (5) Is included by the United States Department of State on a current list of state

sponsors of terrorism; (6) Does not have an official United States diplomatic presence in the country; or (7) Is engaged in active military action or war, including a civil war, to which the

child may be exposed; (i) Is undergoing a change in immigration or citizenship status that would adversely

affect the respondent's ability to remain in the United States legally; (j) Has had an application for United States citizenship denied; (k) Has forged or presented misleading or false evidence on government forms or supporting

documents to obtain or attempt to obtain a passport, a visa, travel documents, a social

security card, a driver's license, a permanent resident card, a tribal identification

card or other government-issued identification card or has made a misrepresentation

to the United States Government; (l) Has used multiple names to attempt to mislead or defraud; or (m) Has engaged in any other conduct the court considers relevant to the risk of abduction. 2. In the hearing on a petition pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the court

shall consider any evidence that the respondent believed in good faith that the respondent's

conduct was necessary to avoid imminent harm to the child or respondent and any other

evidence that may be relevant to whether the respondent may be permitted to remove

or retain the child. 3. If the court finds during the hearing on the petition that the respondent's conduct

is intended to avoid imminent harm to the child or respondent, the court shall not

issue an abduction prevention order.