Nev. Rev. Stat. § 125.020
Verified complaint; residence or domicile; jurisdiction of district court
Effective Oct 1, 1981[Part 22:33:1861; A 1875, 63; 1913, 10, 159; 1915, 26; 1921, 2, 386; 1923, 389; 1927, 126; 1931, 161; 1931 NCL § 9460]—(NRS A 1981, 179)
1. Divorce from the bonds of matrimony may be obtained for the causes provided in NRS 125.010, by verified complaint to the district court of any county:
- (a) In which the cause therefor accrued;
- (b) In which the defendant resides or may be found;
- (c) In which the plaintiff resides;
- (d) In which the parties last cohabited; or
- (e) If plaintiff resided 6 weeks in the State before suit was brought.
- 2. Unless the cause of action accrued within the county while the plaintiff and defendant were actually domiciled therein, no court has jurisdiction to grant a divorce unless either the plaintiff or defendant has been resident of the State for a period of not less than 6 weeks preceding the commencement of the action.
[Part 22:33:1861; A 1875, 63; 1913, 10, 159; 1915, 26; 1921, 2, 386; 1923, 389; 1927, 126; 1931, 161; 1931 NCL § 9460]—(NRS A 1981, 179)