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AN ACT relating to judiciary; replacing the term “master” with “judicial officer” when used to refer to judicial officers who perform certain duties; prescribing a procedure for the transfer of child welfare proceedings to a different court within this State; requiring the appointment of an attorney to represent certain parties during a child welfare proceeding in certain circumstances; revising the compensation that an appointed attorney in certain proceedings is entitled to receive; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to judiciary; replacing the term “master” with “judicial officer” when used to refer to judicial officers who perform certain duties; prescribing a procedure for the transfer of child welfare proceedings to a different court within this State; requiring the appointment of an attorney to represent certain parties during a child welfare proceeding in certain circumstances; revising the compensation that an appointed attorney in certain proceedings is entitled to receive; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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AN ACT relating to judiciary; replacing the term “master” with “judicial officer” when used to refer to judicial officer
Existing law authorizes the appointment of a master or special master to perform certain limited duties in certain proceedings, including family law, juvenile justice and traffic proceedings and certain proceedings in a justice or municipal court. (NRS 3.2201, 3.405, 4.357, 5.0245, 33.019, 62B.020, 62B.030, 126.111, 129.080, 159A.0615, 425.381, 432B.455) Sections 3-24, 31-35, 40, 42-47, 52-63, 65, 66, 69-71 and 79 of this bill replace the term “master” with the term “judicial officer” when used to refer to a judicial official who performs those duties. Sections 1, 26, 38 and 67 of this bill define the term “judicial officer” for certain purposes and sections 2, 28, 39 and 68 of this bill establish the applicability of those definitions. Sections 32, 42, 43, 46-48, 54 and 70 of this bill authorize a court to designate a different title to a person appointed as a judicial officer so long as the title does not include the term “master.” Section 4 makes an additional clarifying change regarding the appointment of judicial officers. Sections 37, 41, 48, 50, 51 and 72-78 of this bill make various other changes so that a judicial officer retains all of the duties, privileges and protections that such a person currently has while functioning under the title “master.” Existing law establishes procedures for the transfer of proceedings involving the legal or physical custody of a child, including child welfare proceedings, to a court of another state. (NRS 125A.315, 125A.355, 125A.365)
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