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To voluntarily acknowledge paternity, both parents must sign a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity. The Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity must be notarized or witnessed and filed at the Bureau of Health Planning & Statistics Office of Vital Records. Most hospitals can facilitate this process.

Nevada law enforces equal rights for divorced fathers. A child's father has the same custody and parenting rights as the child's mother. There is no presumption in the law that a mother is more fit to have custody than a father simply because of her gender.

In the new Nevada child support laws, there is no presumptive maximum of support. Instead, whatever the amount is, based on the parent's total income, is presumed to meet the needs of the child. The parents can rebut that presumption by presenting evidence and asking the court to order a different amount.

Nevada courts typically award parents joint physical custody of their children born out of wedlock unless it is in the children's best interest to grant one parent primary physical custody.

The court can order the mother, child, alleged father or any other person to submit to genetic testing. But it cannot require a person to submit to a genetic test against his or her will. If someone refuses to take a genetic test, the court may presume that the result would be adverse to that party's interests.

You will need to come to the courthouse with your photo ID and have a clerk look up the case for you. You can look up your family court case online by visiting the District Court Portal or the Clark County Courts Records Inquiry.