Guides
En español →The law behind the numbers.
Long-form explanations of the Nevada rules our tools apply - written from the statutes, regulations, and published opinions, with every proposition cited so you can check it against the source. Research aids for counsel, not legal advice.
Guides = long-form explainers of the governing law. For case briefs of the decisions themselves, Case Library; for the exact quotable passages, verified verbatim, the Canon.
Dividing Retirement in a Nevada Divorce: A Plan-by-Plan Guide
18 minRetirement division · updated August 20, 2026
Characterization, the time rule, and the right order document for every plan type - PERS, private ERISA, military, federal, TSP, and IRAs - built from the statutes and Nevada case law.
The Davidson Timing Trap: Limitations and the Unentered QDRO
12 minLimitations / enforcement · updated August 20, 2026
Davidson extended the six-year judgment limitation to enforcing a decree's property-distribution provisions. Whether that reaches an unentered pension order is unsettled - here is the risk, and how to foreclose it.
Alimony in Nevada: A Discretionary Award, Not a Formula
13 minAlimony · updated August 20, 2026
Nevada has no alimony calculator. Support is 'just and equitable' under NRS 125.150, measured against the statutory factors and a body of case law on need, standard of living, and modification.
Nevada Child Support Guidelines Explained: How NAC 425 Calculates the Obligation
14 minChild support · updated September 3, 2026
A section-by-section walk through the current Nevada child support formula - the bracketed base percentages, the total-obligation model added in 2025, the low-income schedule, and how custody arrangements change who pays whom.
Nevada Child Support Arrears: Interest, Penalties and How a Judgment Schedule Is Built
12 minChild support · updated September 3, 2026
Each missed installment is already a judgment. This explainer covers the statutory interest rate and how it resets, why interest is simple rather than compound, how payments are applied, the penalty that ended in 2020, and the absence of any deadline to collect.
Modifying and Enforcing a Nevada Child Support Order
11 minChild support · updated September 3, 2026
When a Nevada support order can be reviewed, what counts as a change in circumstances, why the modification cannot reach installments that have already come due, and the enforcement tools the statutes actually provide.
These guides are educational and general in nature. They are not legal advice, do not create an attorney-client relationship, and are no substitute for reading the governing authority and applying it to the facts of a particular case.