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Family Resource Centers help families by providing case management and connecting them with services from other agencies and organizations. District Courts handle cases about divorce, custody, name changes, and more. If you need a lawyer, there are resources to help you find one and understand your legal issues. You can find various legal forms and resources online to assist with family law problems. Washoe County Resource Center offers help with court processes and provides free legal resources for those representing themselves in Family Court.

Family Law Support Services

Family Resource Center Programs
From the website, "Family Resource Centers (FRCs) provide case management, information, and referrals for individuals and families in need of assistance in accessing services and programs that will strengthen and support the family."
Find a Nevada District Court
District Court judges hear cases related to divorce, custody matters, name changes, guardianships, adoptions, and other types of cases.
Nevada Forms
This guide offers a starting point for Nevada legal forms but is not exhaustive. Forms provide examples of content and style, but requirements vary by court. Contact the Clerk of the Court for specific formatting, content, and procedural guidelines.
Nevada Legal Kiosk - Family Problems
Links to resources available from the State of Nevada Self-Help Center, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Nevada Legal Services, the Clark County Family Law Self-Help Center, videos in English and Spanish for people representing themselves from the Eighth Judicial District Court, and family forms from the Second Judicial Court.
Washoe County Resource Center
The Resource Center at the Family Court in Reno, Nevada, helps people with court matters. They provide information, court forms, and can help you file documents. They also guide you to free legal resources in the community.

Ask a Lawyer

There are many resources to help you find a lawyer.

Nevada Legal Kiosk - Free (Pro Bono) Legal Help
There are organizations in Nevada that offer free legal help. They help people who meet their income or age limits and also provide legal information through events, classes, and websites.
Nevada Legal Kiosk - Hiring an Attorney
If you don’t qualify for free legal help and need to hire a lawyer but don’t know one, the State Bar of Nevada Lawyer Referral Service can connect you with an attorney.
Nevada Legal Kiosk - Self-Help Center & Forms
Self-Help Centers give you legal information and forms. They don’t provide a lawyer or legal advice but can explain which forms you need and how to file them.
State Bar of Nevada Lawyer Referral Service
This is a free service from the State Bar of Nevada that helps people find lawyers.
Washoe County Law Library's Lawyer in the Library
You can sign up for a 15-minute session to talk to a lawyer about Family, General, Landlord/Tenant, or Probate Law. Call the Law Library at 775-328-3250 or email LawLibrary@washoecourts.us. The lawyers are volunteers, so they won’t represent you, and you shouldn’t contact them after the appointment. There is no attorney-client relationship.
Washoe County Resource Center
The Resource Center at the Family Court in Reno, Nevada, helps people with court matters. They provide information, court forms, and can help you file documents. They also guide you to free legal resources in the community.

Nevada Revised Statutes - Title 11 Domestic Relations

Chapter 122 - Marriage
Validity of Marriage and Authentication of Marriage.
Chapter 122A - Domestic Partnership
Entering into Domestic Partnership, Rights and Duties of Domestic Partners, and Termination of Domestic Partnership.
Chapter 123 - Rights of Married Couples
Separate Property, Community Property, and Marriage Contracts or Settlements.
Chapter 123A Premarital Agreements Act
Chapter 125 - Dissolution of Marriage
Statutes related to divorce, separate maintenance, annulment, and orders for protection against domestice violence.
Chapter 125A - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Definitions, applicability and procedure, jurisdiction, and enforcement.
Chapter 125B - Obligation of Support
General provisions, security for payment of support, and general provisions.
Chapter 125C - Custody and Visitation
Custody of Children, Visitation, Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, Agreement Addressing Custodial Responsibility During Deployment, Judicial Procedure for Granting Custodial Responsibility During Deployment, Return From Deployment, and miscellaneous provisions.
Chapter 125D - Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act
General provisions, abduction prevention measures, miscellaneous provisions.
Chapter 126 - Parentage
Paternity, Action to Determine Paternity, Action to Determine Maternity, Proceeding to Compel Support, and Gestational Agreements.
Chapter 127 - Adoption of Children and Adults
Adoption of Children, Agreements for Postadoptive Contact, Adoption of Adults, Placement of Children for Adoption and Permanent Free Care, Interstate Compact on Placement of Children, and Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance,.
Chapter 128 - Termination of Parental Rights
Chapter 129 - Minors' Disabilities; Judicial Emancepation of a Minors
Minors' Disabilities and Judicial Emancipation of Minors.
Chapter 130 - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support
Interstate Family Support (Uniform Act).

Certified Copy of NRS, Marriage Certificate, and Divorce Decree

Certified Copy of Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS)

The Legislative Counsel Bureau publishes the NRS, so requests for certified copies of the NRS need to be made through LCB Publications. Their email address is publications@lcb.state.nv.us.

Certified Copy of Marriage Certificate or Divorce Decree

If you need a certified copy of your marriage certificate or divorce decree, please contact the county where your marriage took place.

Request to Search for Marriage or Divorce Records
This is a form where you can request a certified copy of your marriage certificate or divorce decree. It also includes a list of addresses of each county recorder’s office in Nevada.

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