Nevada § 126.141 - Pretrial recommendations

§ 126.141. Pretrial recommendations

1. On the basis of the information produced at the pretrial hearing, the judge, master

or referee conducting the hearing shall evaluate the probability of determining the

existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship in a trial and whether

a judicial declaration of the relationship would be in the best interest of the child.

On the basis of the evaluation, an appropriate recommendation for settlement must

be made to the parties, which may include any of the following: (a) That the action be dismissed with or without prejudice. (b) That the matter be compromised by an agreement among the alleged father, the mother

and the child, in which the father and child relationship is not determined but in

which a defined economic obligation, fully secured by payment or otherwise, is undertaken

by the alleged father in favor of the child and, if appropriate, in favor of the mother,

subject to approval by the judge, master or referee conducting the hearing. In reviewing the obligation undertaken by the alleged father in a compromise agreement,

the judge, master or referee conducting the hearing shall consider the best interest

of the child, discounted by the improbability, as it appears to him or her, of establishing

the alleged father's paternity or nonpaternity of the child in a trial of the action.

In the best interest of the child, the court may order that the alleged father's identity

be kept confidential. In that case, the court may designate a person or agency to receive from the alleged

father and disburse on behalf of the child all amounts paid by the alleged father

in fulfillment of obligations imposed on the alleged father. (c) That the alleged father voluntarily acknowledge his paternity of the child. 2. If the parties accept a recommendation made in accordance with subsection 1, judgment

may be entered accordingly. 3. If a party refuses to accept a recommendation made under subsection 1 and blood

tests or tests for genetic identification have not been taken, the court shall require

the parties to submit to blood tests or tests for genetic identification, if practicable.

Thereafter the judge, master or referee shall make an appropriate final recommendation.

If a party refuses to accept the final recommendation, the action must be set for

trial. 4. The guardian ad litem may accept or refuse to accept a recommendation under this

section. 5. The pretrial hearing may be terminated and the action set for trial if the judge,

master or referee conducting the hearing finds unlikely that all parties would accept

a recommendation he or she might make under subsection 1 or 3.