Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 128 - Termination of Parental Rights
NRS 128.014 - "Neglected child" defined.

"Neglected child" includes a child:
1. Who lacks the proper parental care by reason of the fault or habits of his or her parent, guardian or custodian;
2. Whose parent, guardian or custodian neglects or refuses to provide proper or necessary subsistence, education, medical or surgical care, or other care necessary for the child’s health, morals or well-being;
3. Whose parent, guardian or custodian neglects or refuses to provide the special care made necessary by the child’s physical or mental condition;
4. Who is found in a disreputable place, or who is permitted to associate with vagrants or vicious or immoral persons; or
5. Who engages or is in a situation dangerous to life or limb, or injurious to health or morals of the child or others,
and the parent’s neglect need not be willful.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 964; A 1981, 1753)

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