Nevada Deadlines
No waiting period — and the clocks that still run.
Fast is real in Nevada: no statutory floor stands between filing and decree, and a default can proceed on affidavit. What paces a real case is the six-week gate before commencement, the GFDF's 30-day disclosure metronome after service, and a supplement duty that turns into a 24-hour sprint near hearings.
The no-floor truth
Nevada imposes NO statutory waiting period between filing and decree — a default decree can issue on affidavit (NRS 125.123), and the joint-petition summary lane moves as fast as the clerk's queue. Fast is real; instant is not:
- • the six-week residency gate (NRS 125.020) must already be satisfied
- • the GFDF files within 30 days of service — and the case-conference track runs under NRCP 16.2 unless exempted
- • service, default windows, and the court's own calendar still control the actual date
The six-week gate
The GFDF clock
The supplement duty
The protection-order pair
Temporary up to 45 days · extended up to 2 years — Temporary (ex parte) orders run at most 45 days and persist through a timely-filed extension hearing; extended orders run up to 2 years with express findings required beyond one year (NRS 33.080). Firearms consequences attach on the extended order (NRS 33.0305/.031/.033).
NRS 33.020 · NRS 33.080
The five Nevada signatures
Six-week residency GATE
6 weeks before commencement
The nation's shortest durational residency — but it is a jurisdictional gate, not a waiting period: one party must have resided in Nevada for at least six weeks before the action begins (corroborated by the resident-witness practice the courts expect).
NRS 125.020
NO decree floor — the honest fast lane
no statutory waiting period
Nothing in NRS ch. 125 imposes a cooling-off period, and a default decree may issue on affidavit (NRS 125.123). Fast is real — but the disclosure and case-conference clocks below still run, and courts control their own calendars.
NRS 125.123
General Financial Disclosure Form
30 days from service of the summons and complaint
Each party files and serves the GFDF within 30 days of service of the summons and complaint (the current restyled trigger) unless the Detailed FDF track applies — the disclosure spine of every Nevada family case.
Nev. NRCP 16.2
The supplement duty
14 days — or 24 HOURS before a calendared event
Learn your disclosure is materially incomplete and the amendment is due within 14 days — compressed to 24 hours when a hearing, deposition or conference sits closer than that. The trap that bites mid-case.
Nev. NRCP 16.2
Protection-order duration pair
temporary ≤ 45 days · extended ≤ 2 years
An ex parte temporary order runs at most 45 days (and holds through a pending extension hearing); an extended order after notice and hearing runs up to 2 years, with express findings required to go beyond one year (NRS 33.080).
NRS 33.020
Every date above is computed from the statute or rule named beside it — the current stored text, not a summary. Courts control their own calendars; when a local order sets a different track, the order controls.
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