Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 126 - Parentage
NRS 126.041 - Establishment of relationship.

The parent and child relationship between a child and:
1. A woman may be established by:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, proof of her having given birth to the child;
(b) An adjudication of the woman’s maternity pursuant to this chapter, NRS 125B.150 or 130.402 or chapter 432B of NRS;
(c) Proof of adoption of the child by the woman;
(d) An unrebutted presumption of the woman’s maternity;
(e) The consent of the woman to assisted reproduction pursuant to NRS 126.670 and 126.680 which resulted in the birth of the child; or
(f) An adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational carrier if the gestational agreement is enforceable under the provisions of NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, or any other provision of law.
2. A man may be established:
(a) Under this chapter, NRS 125B.150, 130.402, or 425.382 to 425.3852, inclusive, or chapter 432B of NRS;
(b) By proof of adoption of the child by the man;
(c) By the consent of the man to assisted reproduction pursuant to NRS 126.670 and 126.680 which resulted in the birth of the child; or
(d) By an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational carrier if the gestational agreement was validated pursuant to the provisions of NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, or other provision of law.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1270; A 1983, 1867; 1997, 2303; 1999, 3570; 2009, 118; 2013, 812; 2015, 895; 2021, 146)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 126 - Parentage

NRS 126.011 - Applicability of chapter.

NRS 126.021 - Definitions.

NRS 126.036 - Liberty interest of parent in care, custody and management of parent’s child is fundamental right.

NRS 126.041 - Establishment of relationship.

NRS 126.051 - Presumptions of paternity.

NRS 126.053 - Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or parentage.

NRS 126.071 - Who may bring action; when action may be brought.

NRS 126.081 - Period of limitations.

NRS 126.091 - Jurisdiction; joinder; venue.

NRS 126.101 - Parties.

NRS 126.105 - Service of process.

NRS 126.111 - Pretrial hearing; testimony.

NRS 126.121 - Tests for typing of blood or genetic identification; admissibility in court; effect of refusal to submit to test.

NRS 126.131 - Evidence relating to paternity; evidence of costs of certain medical services.

NRS 126.141 - Pretrial recommendations.

NRS 126.143 - Order for temporary support of child.

NRS 126.151 - Trial: Applicability of Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; admissibility of evidence of other sexual contact; without jury.

NRS 126.161 - Contents and effect of judgment or order.

NRS 126.163 - Order issued on or after October 1, 1998: Provision of information by court and parties to action; regulations.

NRS 126.171 - Costs.

NRS 126.181 - Enforcement of judgment or order.

NRS 126.191 - Modification of judgment or order.

NRS 126.193 - Cause of action subsequent to issuance of order: Notice and service of process.

NRS 126.201 - Right to counsel; appointment of counsel by court; free transcript on appeal.

NRS 126.211 - Hearings and records: Confidentiality.

NRS 126.221 - Substitution of certificate of birth.

NRS 126.223 - Entry of default upon failure to plead or defend in action.

NRS 126.231 - Who may bring action; provisions of chapter applicable to action.

NRS 126.291 - Proceedings not exclusive; fees.

NRS 126.295 - Form of complaint; verification.

NRS 126.301 - Absence of defendant.

NRS 126.311 - Effect of death, absence or insanity of plaintiff.

NRS 126.321 - Effect of death of defendant.

NRS 126.331 - Payment to trustee.

NRS 126.500 - Definitions.

NRS 126.510 - "Assisted reproduction" defined.

NRS 126.520 - "Domestic partner" defined.

NRS 126.530 - "Domestic partnership" defined.

NRS 126.540 - "Donor" defined.

NRS 126.550 - "Embryo" defined.

NRS 126.560 - "Gamete" defined.

NRS 126.570 - "Gestational agreement" defined.

NRS 126.580 - "Gestational carrier" defined.

NRS 126.590 - "Intended parent" defined.

NRS 126.600 - "In vitro fertilization" defined.

NRS 126.610 - "Parent" defined.

NRS 126.620 - "Record" defined.

NRS 126.630 - "Sign" defined.

NRS 126.640 - Scope of relationship.

NRS 126.650 - Inapplicability to birth of child conceived by means other than assisted reproduction.

NRS 126.660 - Donor not parent of child conceived by means of assisted reproduction.

NRS 126.670 - Person who provides gametes for, or consents to, assisted reproduction with intent to be parent of child is parent of resulting child.

NRS 126.680 - Finding of parentage by consent; exception.

NRS 126.690 - Proceedings to adjudicate parentage: Requirements.

NRS 126.700 - Former spouse or former domestic partner not parent if marriage or partnership dissolved or terminated before transfer of eggs, sperm or embryos unless consented to in record; withdrawal of consent.

NRS 126.710 - Gestational agreement: Conditions.

NRS 126.720 - Intended parent considered parent of child; exception; assumption of rights and obligations by parties of gestational carrier; court order validating gestational agreement.

NRS 126.730 - Confidentiality of proceedings, files and records pertaining to gestational carrier arrangement.

NRS 126.740 - Gestational carrier: Eligibility; legal consultation requirement for gestational carrier agreement.

NRS 126.750 - Gestational agreement: Requirements.

NRS 126.760 - Parent of child obligated to support child.

NRS 126.770 - Marriage or domestic partnership of gestational carrier after executing gestational agreement does not affect validity of agreement.

NRS 126.780 - Gestational agreement: Noncompliance; authority of court to determine rights and obligations of parties to agreement.

NRS 126.790 - Remedies of intended parents and gestational carrier.

NRS 126.800 - Reimbursement of gestational carrier for expenses and economic losses.

NRS 126.810 - Compensation of donor or prospective gestational carrier: Requirements.

NRS 126.900 - Promise to furnish support for child: Enforcement; confidentiality.