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NRS 128.005 - Legislative declaration and findings. - 1. The Legislature declares that the preservation and strengthening of...
NRS 128.007 - Applicability of chapter. - The provisions of this chapter, to the extent they do...
NRS 128.010 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 128.011 - "Abandoned mother" defined. - A mother is "abandoned" if the father or putative father...
NRS 128.012 - "Abandonment of a child" defined. - 1. "Abandonment of a child" means any conduct of one...
NRS 128.0122 - "Agency which provides child welfare services" defined. - "Agency which provides child welfare services" has the meaning ascribed...
NRS 128.0124 - "Child" defined. - "Child" means a person under the age of 18 years....
NRS 128.0126 - "Failure of parental adjustment" defined. - "Failure of parental adjustment" occurs when a parent or parents...
NRS 128.0128 - "Indian child" defined. - "Indian child" has the meaning ascribed to it in 25...
NRS 128.0129 - "Indian Child Welfare Act" defined. - "Indian Child Welfare Act" means the Indian Child Welfare Act...
NRS 128.013 - "Injury" defined. - 1. "Injury" to a child’s health or welfare occurs when...
NRS 128.0137 - "Mental injury" defined. - "Mental injury" means an injury to the intellectual or psychological...
NRS 128.014 - "Neglected child" defined. - "Neglected child" includes a child: 1. Who lacks the proper...
NRS 128.015 - "Parent and child relationship" and "parent" defined. - 1. "Parent and child relationship" includes all rights, privileges and...
NRS 128.0155 - "Plan" defined. - "Plan" means: 1. A written agreement between the parents of...
NRS 128.016 - "Putative father" defined. - "Putative father" means a person who is or is alleged...
NRS 128.018 - "Unfit parent" defined. - "Unfit parent" is any parent of a child who, by...
NRS 128.020 - Jurisdiction of district courts. - Except if the child involved is subject to the jurisdiction...
NRS 128.023 - Proceedings to terminate parental rights of parent of Indian child: Powers and duties of court; appointment of attorney. - 1. If proceedings pursuant to this chapter involve the termination...
NRS 128.027 - 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 128.030 - Place for filing petition. - A petition alleging that a child should be declared free...
NRS 128.040 - Who may file petition; investigation. - The agency which provides child welfare services, the probation officer,...
NRS 128.050 - Entitlement of proceedings; contents of verified petition. - 1. The proceedings must be entitled, "In the matter of...
NRS 128.055 - Proceedings to be completed within 6 months after filing of petition. - Except as otherwise required by specific statute, the court shall...
NRS 128.060 - Notice of hearing: Contents; personal service to certain persons; petitioner to mail notice to Department of Health and Human Services if petitioner or child is receiving public assistance. - 1. After a petition has been filed, unless the party...
NRS 128.070 - Service of notice of hearing by publication: Requirements; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, when either...
NRS 128.080 - Form of notice. - Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 128.070,...
NRS 128.085 - Petition by mother of unborn child: Notice to father or putative father; time of hearing. - When the mother of an unborn child files a petition...
NRS 128.087 - Hearing to determine whether to transfer venue for parent who objects to venue. - 1. If a petition for termination of parental rights has...
NRS 128.090 - Hearing: Time; procedure; evidence; postponement; closed court; confidentiality of hearings, files and records pertaining to terminating parental rights. - 1. At the time stated in the notice, or at...
NRS 128.091 - Evidence of previous sexual conduct inadmissible to challenge child’s credibility; exceptions. - In any proceeding held pursuant to this chapter involving a...
NRS 128.093 - Testimony of qualified expert witness required in proceedings to terminate parental rights of parent of Indian child. - 1. Any proceedings to terminate the parental rights of the...
NRS 128.095 - When putative father presumed to have intended to abandon child. - If the putative father of a child fails to acknowledge...
NRS 128.097 - Presumption of abandonment of child by parent. - If a parent of a child: 1. Engages in conduct...
NRS 128.100 - Appointment of attorney to represent child in proceeding concerning termination or restoration of parental rights; appointment of attorney to represent parent; compensation of attorney. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in any...
NRS 128.105 - Grounds for terminating parental rights: Considerations; required findings. - 1. The primary consideration in any proceeding to terminate parental...
NRS 128.106 - Specific considerations in determining neglect by or unfitness of parent. - 1. In determining neglect by or unfitness of a parent,...
NRS 128.107 - Specific considerations where child is not in physical custody of parent. - If a child is not in the physical custody of...
NRS 128.108 - Specific considerations where child has been placed in foster home. - If a child is in the custody of a public...
NRS 128.109 - Determination of conduct of parent; presumptions. - 1. If a child has been placed outside of his...
NRS 128.110 - Order terminating parental rights; preference for placement of child with certain relatives and siblings of child; period for completion of search for relative. - 1. Whenever the procedure described in this chapter has been...
NRS 128.120 - Effect of order. - Any order made and entered by the court under the...
NRS 128.130 - Notice to produce; warrant of arrest; contempts. - At any time after the filing of the petition, notice...
NRS 128.140 - Expenses to be county charges. - All expenses incurred in complying with the provisions of this...
NRS 128.150 - Termination of parental rights of father when child becomes subject of adoption. - 1. If a mother relinquishes or proposes to relinquish for...
NRS 128.160 - Best interest of child in determining consideration in action to set aside termination of parental rights after adoption has been granted; presumption. - 1. In any action commenced by the natural parent of...
NRS 128.170 - Restoration of parental rights: Petition; consent of natural parent required. - 1. A child who has not been adopted and whose...
NRS 128.180 - Restoration of parental rights: Notice of hearing; persons required to be personally served with notice; right of such persons to present testimony and evidence. - 1. Before a hearing is held on a petition that...
NRS 128.190 - Restoration of parental rights: Hearing; required findings to grant petition; effect of order restoring parental rights. - 1. If a valid petition is filed pursuant to NRS...