When a person has any cause of action for divorce or when a person has been deserted and the desertion has continued for 90 days, the person may, without applying for a divorce, maintain in the district court an action against his or her spouse for permanent support and maintenance of himself or herself and their children.
[1:97:1913; 1919 RL p. 3365; NCL § 9468] — (NRS A 1981, 184)