Nevada § 159A.315 - Order of court upon findings concerning allegations that person disposed of money of protected minor or proposed protected minor or has evidence of interest of protected minor or proposed protected minor in or to property; nonappearance or noncompliance by person cited; effect of order

§ 159A.315. Order of court upon findings concerning allegations that person disposed of money of protected minor or proposed protected minor or has evidence of interest of protected minor or proposed protected minor in or to property; nonappearance or noncompliance by person cited; effect of order

1. If the court finds, after examination of a person cited pursuant to NRS 159A.305 , that the person has committed an act: (a) Set forth in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 159A.305 , the court may order the person to return the asset or the value of the asset to

the guardian of the estate; or (b) Set forth in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 159A.305 , the court may order the person to return the asset or provide information concerning

the location of the asset to the guardian of the estate. 2. The court may hold a person who is cited pursuant to NRS 159A.305 in contempt of court and deal with the person accordingly if the person: (a) Refuses to appear and submit to examination or to testify regarding the matter

complained of in the petition; or (b) Fails to comply with an order of the court issued pursuant to subsection 1. 3. An order of the court pursuant to subsection 1 is prima facie evidence of the right

of the proposed protected minor or the estate of the protected minor to the asset

described in the order in any action that may be brought for the recovery thereof,

and any judgment recovered therein must be double the value of the asset, and damages

in addition thereof equal to the value of such property. 4. If the person who is cited pursuant to NRS 159A.305 appears and, upon consideration of the petition, the court finds that the person

is not liable or responsible to the proposed protected minor or the estate of the

protected minor, the court may order: (a) The proposed protected minor or the estate of the protected minor to pay the attorney's

fees and costs of the respondent; or (b) If the court finds that the petitioner unnecessarily or unreasonably filed the

petition, the petitioner personally to pay the attorney's fees and costs of the respondent.