“Dependent” means:

1. The spouse of a covered service member;

2. A child of a covered service member who:

(a) Is less than 21 years of age;

(b) Is less than 23 years of age and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning and is in fact dependent on the covered service member for over one-half of the child’s support; or

(c) Is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity that occurred while the child was a person described by paragraph (a) or (b);

3. A parent or parent-in-law of a covered service member who is in fact dependent on the covered service member for over one-half of his or her support and who resides in the household of the covered service member;

4. An unmarried person who:

(a) Is placed in the legal custody of the covered service member as a result of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction for a period of at least 12 consecutive months;

(b) Is:

(1) Less than 21 years of age;

(2) Less than 23 years of age and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning and is in fact dependent on the covered service member for over one-half of the person’s support; or

(3) Incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity that occurred while the person was a person described by subparagraph (1) or (2);

(c) Is dependent on the covered service member for over one-half of the person’s support;

(d) Resides with the covered service member unless separated by the necessity of military service or to receive institutional care as a result of disability or incapacitation or under such other circumstances as the Commissioner may prescribe; and

(e) Is not a dependent of a covered service member under subsection 1, 2 or 3.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 941)