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NRS 127.003 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
NRS 127.005 - Applicability. - The provisions of NRS 127.010 to 127.1895, inclusive, govern the...
NRS 127.007 - State Register for Adoptions: Establishment; contents; release of information. - 1. The Division shall maintain the State Register for Adoptions,...
NRS 127.008 - State Register of Children with Special Needs. - 1. The Division shall establish a Register of Children with...
NRS 127.009 - Booklet on adoption: Preparation; contents; annual revision; distribution; acceptance of gifts and grants to assist production and distribution. - 1. The Division shall prepare a booklet on adoption in...
NRS 127.010 - Jurisdiction of district courts. - Except if the child involved is subject to the jurisdiction...
NRS 127.013 - Transfer of proceedings to Indian tribe. - 1. If proceedings pursuant to this chapter involve the relinquishment...
NRS 127.017 - Extent to which court must give full faith and credit to judicial proceedings of Indian tribe. - Each court in this state which exercises jurisdiction pursuant to...
NRS 127.018 - Court order required if home state of child is Nevada; exception. - 1. Unless the child involved is subject to the jurisdiction...
NRS 127.020 - Adoption of minor children; ages and consent. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A...
NRS 127.030 - Who may petition; consent of spouse required under certain circumstances; waiver of hearing on petition; court authorized to determine legal relationship of child with multiple persons. - 1. One or more adults may petition the district court...
NRS 127.040 - Written consent to adoption or for relinquishment to authorized agency: Acknowledgment; when consent required. - 1. Except as provided in NRS 127.090, written consent to...
NRS 127.043 - Consent to adoption required before placement in adoptive home; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a child...
NRS 127.045 - Release for or consent to adoption and investigation required before appointment of guardian for child to be adopted; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, until a...
NRS 127.050 - Agencies which may accept relinquishments and consent to adoption; reimbursement for certain costs. - 1. The following agencies may accept relinquishments for the adoption...
NRS 127.051 - Agency responsible for care of child and entitled to custody; termination of placement. - The agency to which a child has been ordered or...
NRS 127.052 - Agency to determine whether child is Indian child; notification of child’s tribe. - 1. Each agency which, pursuant to NRS 127.050, accepts a...
NRS 127.053 - Consent to adoption: Requisites. - No consent to a specific adoption executed in this State,...
NRS 127.055 - Consent to adoption: Attesting witnesses may make self-proving affidavits to be attached to consent. - 1. Any or all of the attesting witnesses to any...
NRS 127.057 - Consent to adoption: Copy to be furnished to agency which provides child welfare services within 48 hours; recommendations; confidentiality of information; unlawful acts. - 1. Any person to whom a consent to adoption executed...
NRS 127.058 - Consent to adoption: Person to whom consent is given has legal custody of child until hearing on petition for adoption. - A person to whom consent to adopt a child is...
NRS 127.060 - Adoption of two or more children. - The same petitioners may, in one petition, petition for the...
NRS 127.070 - Validity of releases for and consents to adoption. - 1. All releases for and consents to adoption executed in...
NRS 127.080 - Consent to specific adoption or relinquishment for adoption cannot be revoked or nullified; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 127.070, 127.2815 and...
NRS 127.090 - When consent unnecessary. - Consent of a parent to an adoption shall not be...
NRS 127.100 - Entitlement of petitions, reports and orders. - All petitions, reports and orders in adoption proceedings shall be...
NRS 127.110 - When petition may be filed; contents of petition; limitation on entry of adoption order. - 1. A petition for adoption of a child who currently...
NRS 127.120 - Petition to be filed in duplicate; investigation, report and recommendation; court may order independent investigation; costs. - 1. A petition for adoption of a child must be...
NRS 127.123 - Notice of filing of petition to be provided to custodians or guardians of child. - Notice of the filing of a petition for the adoption...
NRS 127.127 - Affidavit setting forth fees, donations and expenses required to be filed; waiver. - The petitioners shall file with the court, within 15 days...
NRS 127.130 - Confidentiality of reports; petitioner may rebut adverse report. - The report of either the agency which provides child welfare...
NRS 127.140 - Confidentiality of hearings, files and records. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, all hearings...
NRS 127.145 - Attendance of prospective adoptive parents at hearing by telephone. - 1. The prospective adoptive parents may attend by telephone, in...
NRS 127.150 - Order of adoption or return of child; presumption of child’s best interest after adoption is granted. - 1. If the court finds that the best interests of...
NRS 127.152 - Adopting parents to be provided with report which includes medical records and other information concerning child; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the agency...
NRS 127.155 - Validation of certain orders and decrees. - Any order or decree of adoption entered after July 1,...
NRS 127.157 - Report of adoption, amendment or annulment of adoption to State Registrar. - 1. After an order or decree of adoption has been...
NRS 127.160 - Rights and duties of adopted child and adoptive parents. - Upon the entry of an order of adoption, the child...
NRS 127.165 - When action to set aside adoption may be brought; presumption of child’s best interest after adoption is granted. - 1. A prior parent of a child may not bring...
NRS 127.171 - Right to visitation of child by sibling and other relatives; limitations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 127.187 to 127.1895,...
NRS 127.180 - Appeals from orders, judgments or decrees. - Any person against whom any order, judgment or decree is...
NRS 127.186 - Adoption of child with special needs; financial assistance to adoptive parents under certain circumstances; waiver of court costs of adoptive parents; regulations. - 1. The agency which provides child welfare services or a...
NRS 127.187 - Requirements; court to retain jurisdiction; no effect on rights of adoptive parent as legal parent. - 1. The natural parent or parents and the prospective adoptive...
NRS 127.1875 - Notice of agreement to court. - 1. Each prospective adoptive parent of a child to be...
NRS 127.188 - Inquiry by court before entering order or decree of adoption; incorporation of agreement into such order or decree. - 1. Before a court may enter an order or decree...
NRS 127.1885 - Petitions to court by natural parents and adoptive parents: Requirements. - 1. A natural parent who has entered into an agreement...
NRS 127.189 - Failure to comply; action to enforce terms. - 1. Failure to comply with the terms of an agreement...
NRS 127.1895 - Modification or termination: Conditions; presumptions and considerations; scope. - 1. An agreement that provides for postadoptive contact entered into...
NRS 127.190 - Adoption of adults: Ages; agreement of adoption. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any adult person...
NRS 127.200 - Adoption of adults: Consent required. - 1. A married person not lawfully separated from his or...
NRS 127.210 - Petition for approval of agreement of adoption; notice, investigation and hearing; decree of adoption. - 1. The adopting person and the person to be adopted...
NRS 127.220 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 127.220 to 127.310, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 127.230 - Standards for and regulation of child-placing agencies; regulation of agencies which provide child welfare services; regulation of adoption or placement of children. - 1. The Division shall: (a) Establish reasonable minimum standards for...
NRS 127.240 - License: Requirement; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person...
NRS 127.250 - License: Application; issuance; renewal. - 1. The application for a license to operate a child-placing...
NRS 127.270 - License: Refusal to issue or renew; notice and hearing; appeals. - 1. After notice and hearing, the Division may: (a) Refuse...
NRS 127.275 - Fees for services provided by agency which provides child welfare services. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section: (a) In...
NRS 127.280 - Requirements for placement of child in home of prospective parents for trial period; verification of intent of natural parents. - 1. A child may not be placed in the home...
NRS 127.2805 - Investigation of prospective adoptive parents. - 1. The agency which provides child welfare services or a...
NRS 127.281 - Search for criminal record of prospective adoptive parent. - 1. A prospective adoptive parent who is subject to an...
NRS 127.2815 - Placement of child during investigation; notice and placement of child upon completion of investigation. - 1. Pending completion of the required investigation, the child must...
NRS 127.2817 - Criteria for determination of suitability of prospective adoptive home; opportunity for prospective adoptive parents to review and respond to unfavorable investigation. - 1. The Division, in consultation with each agency which provides...
NRS 127.282 - Petition for order to restrain and enjoin violation or threatened violation of chapter; investigation of unreported adoption or permanent free care of unrelated child. - 1. Whenever the agency which provides child welfare services believes...
NRS 127.2825 - Child-placing agency required to give preference to placement of child with siblings of child. - A child-placing agency shall, to the extent practicable, give preference...
NRS 127.2827 - Orders for visitation with sibling of child in custody of agency which provides child welfare services: Previous orders of such visitation to be provided to court during adoption proceedings; court required to incorporate order for vis... - 1. If a child who is in the custody of...
NRS 127.283 - Publication or broadcast of information concerning child. - 1. An agency which provides child welfare services or any...
NRS 127.285 - Limitation on participation of attorneys in adoption proceedings; reporting of violation to bar association; criminal penalty. - 1. Any attorney licensed to practice in this state or...
NRS 127.287 - Payment to or acceptance by natural parent of compensation in return for placement for or consent to adoption of child. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, it is...
NRS 127.288 - Penalty for unlawful payment to or acceptance by natural parent of compensation. - A person who violates the provisions of: 1. Subsection 1...
NRS 127.290 - Acceptance of fees or compensation for placing or arranging placement of child. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 127.275 and 127.285,...
NRS 127.300 - Penalty for receipt of compensation by unlicensed person for placing or arranging placement of child. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 127.275, 127.285, 200.463,...
NRS 127.310 - Unlawful placement or advertising; penalty. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 127.240, 127.283 and...
NRS 127.320 - Enactment. - The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, set forth...
NRS 127.330 - Text of compact. - The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is as...
NRS 127.340 - Administrator of compact: Service at pleasure of Governor; cooperation with all departments, agencies and officers. - The administrator of the compact shall serve at the pleasure...
NRS 127.350 - Supplementary agreements. - The administrator of the compact shall enter into supplementary agreements...
NRS 127.400 - Enactment. - The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance, set forth...
NRS 127.410 - Text of compact. - The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is as...
NRS 127.420 - Administrator of compact: Service at pleasure of Governor; cooperation with all departments, agencies and officers. - The administrator of the compact shall serve at the pleasure...