Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 159A - Guardianship of Minors

NRS 159A.034 - Notice by petitioner: To whom required; manner for providing; waiver of requirement; proof of giving filed with court. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, by specific...

NRS 159A.0345 - Court authorized to alter requirements concerning publication of notice or citation. - If publication of a notice or citation is required pursuant...

NRS 159A.0355 - Facsimile of certain papers may be filed with court. - If a petition, notice, objection, consent, waiver or other paper...

NRS 159A.036 - Giving of notices and issuance of citations by clerk of court. - All notices required to be given by this chapter may...

NRS 159A.037 - Venue for appointment of guardian. - 1. The venue for the appointment of a guardian when...

NRS 159A.039 - Proceedings commenced in more than one county. - 1. If proceedings for the appointment of a guardian for...

NRS 159A.041 - Transfer of proceedings to another county. - A court having before it any guardianship matter for a...

NRS 159A.043 - Titles of petitions; captions of petitions and other documents. - 1. All petitions filed in a guardianship proceeding pursuant to...

NRS 159A.044 - Petition for appointment of guardian: Who may submit; content. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 127.045, a proposed...

NRS 159A.0445 - Filing of proposed preliminary care plan and budget. - Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of...

NRS 159A.045 - Appointment of attorney to represent protected minor or proposed protected minor; duties; compensation. - 1. On or after the date of the filing of...

NRS 159A.0455 - Appointment of guardian ad litem or advocate for best interests of protected minor or proposed protected minor; requirements; duties; compensation. - 1. The court may appoint a guardian ad litem or...

NRS 159A.046 - Appointment and duties of investigators; payment of expenses associated with investigation in certain circumstances. - 1. Upon filing of the petition, or any time thereafter,...

NRS 159A.047 - Issuance of citation upon filing of petition for appointment of guardian; persons required to be served; filing of affidavit of service. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 159A.0475, 159A.049, 159A.052...

NRS 159A.0475 - Manner of serving citation. - 1. A copy of the citation issued pursuant to NRS...

NRS 159A.048 - Contents of citation; appointment of attorney, guardian ad litem or advocate for best interests of proposed protected minor during proceedings on citation. - The citation issued pursuant to NRS 159A.047 must state that:...

NRS 159A.0483 - Attorney for protected minor or proposed protected minor. - A protected minor or proposed protected minor who is the...

NRS 159A.0486 - Finding of vexatious litigant; sanctions. - 1. A court may find that a petitioner is a...

NRS 159A.0487 - Types of guardians. - Any court of competent jurisdiction may appoint: 1. Guardians of...

NRS 159A.049 - Appointment without issuance of citation. - The court may, without issuing a citation, appoint a guardian...

NRS 159A.052 - Temporary guardian for proposed protected minor in need of immediate medical attention: Petition for appointment; conditions; required notice; extension. - 1. A petitioner may request the court to appoint a...

NRS 159A.053 - Temporary guardian for person, estate, or person and estate of proposed protected minor: Petition for appointment; required notice; extension; limited powers. - 1. A petitioner may request that the court appoint a...

NRS 159A.0535 - Attendance of proposed protected minor at hearing. - 1. A proposed protected minor who is found in this...

NRS 159A.054 - Finding of court upon petition: Dismissal of petition; appointment of guardian. - 1. If the court finds that the proposed protected minor...

NRS 159A.055 - Burden of proof; order appointing guardian; notice of entry of order. - 1. The petitioner has the burden of proving by clear...

NRS 159A.056 - Order for payment for support of proposed protected minor; assignment of payment to guardian. - If a court order is in effect for payment for...

NRS 159A.0565 - Visitation between protected minor and parents or certain relatives. - In an order appointing a guardian or in any order...

NRS 159A.057 - Appointment of guardian for two or more proposed protected minors; powers, duties and termination of such guardianships. - 1. Where the appointment of a guardian is sought for...

NRS 159A.059 - Qualifications of guardian. - As a condition of the appointment of a guardian, the...

NRS 159A.0595 - Private professional guardians. - 1. In order for a person to serve as a...

NRS 159A.061 - Preference for appointment of parent as guardian for proposed protected minor; exception; other considerations in determining qualifications and suitability of guardian. - 1. The parents of a proposed protected minor, or either...

NRS 159A.0615 - Appointment of master of court or special master to identify person most qualified and suitable to serve as guardian; hearing; recommendation. - 1. If the court determines that a minor may be...

NRS 159A.0617 - Court or master of court or special master authorized to allow certain persons to testify at hearing to determine person most qualified and suitable to serve as guardian. - If the court or a master of the court or...

NRS 159A.062 - Guardian nominated by will. - A parent of a minor may by will nominate a...

NRS 159A.065 - Bond: General requirements; approval by clerk; liability of sureties; not required under certain circumstances. - 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, every guardian shall,...

NRS 159A.067 - Bond: Court may require increase, decrease or other change; exoneration of former sureties. - 1. The court may at any time, for good cause...

NRS 159A.069 - Bond: Filing; remedy for breach. - Every bond given by a guardian must be filed and...

NRS 159A.071 - Bond: Limitations on action. - No action may be maintained against the sureties on any...

NRS 159A.073 - Taking oath of office; filing appropriate documents and verified acknowledgment; contents of acknowledgment; acknowledgment not required under certain circumstances. - 1. Every guardian, before entering upon his or her duties...

NRS 159A.074 - Copy of order of appointment to be served upon protected minor; notice of entry of order to be filed with court. - 1. A copy of the order appointing the guardian must...

NRS 159A.075 - Letters of guardianship. - When a guardian has taken the official oath and filed...

NRS 159A.0755 - Disposition of estate having value not exceeding by more than $10,000 aggregate amount of unpaid expenses of and claims against estate. - If, at the time of the appointment of the guardian...

NRS 159A.076 - Summary administration. - 1. The court may grant a summary administration if, at...

NRS 159A.077 - General functions of guardian of person and estate. - A guardian of the person and estate has the authority...

NRS 159A.078 - Petition by guardian or other interested person for order authorizing or directing guardian to take certain actions. - 1. Before taking any of the following actions, the guardian...

NRS 159A.079 - General functions of guardian of person; establishment or change of residence of protected minor by guardian. - 1. Except as otherwise ordered by the court, a guardian...

NRS 159A.0805 - Approval of court required before guardian may consent to certain treatment of or experiment on protected minor; conditions for approval. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a guardian...

NRS 159A.0807 - Moving location of protected minor: Filing and service of notice of intent to move; necessary temporary action authorized for emergency conditions; circumstances in which notice not required. - 1. Every protected minor has the right, if possible, to:...

NRS 159A.0809 - Notification to interested persons and persons of natural affection required upon impending death or death of protected minor or obtaining information concerning burial or cremation of protected minor. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 159A.0807, a guardian...

NRS 159A.081 - Reports by guardian of person. - 1. A guardian of the person shall make and file...

NRS 159A.083 - General functions of guardian of estate. - A guardian of the estate shall: 1. Protect, preserve, manage...

NRS 159A.085 - Inventory, supplemental inventory and appraisal of property of protected minor. - 1. Not later than 60 days after the date of...

NRS 159A.086 - Guardian of estate to cause appraisal or valuation of assets of guardianship estate; record or statement in lieu of appraisal. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the guardian...

NRS 159A.0865 - Certification of appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation; form of appraisal or valuation; purchase by appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation without disclosure prohibited; penalties. - 1. Before appraising or valuing any asset of the guardianship...

NRS 159A.087 - Recording letters of guardianship. - 1. Not later than 60 days after the date of...

NRS 159A.089 - Possession of and title to property of protected minor; guardian to secure certain documents. - 1. A guardian of the estate shall take possession of:...

NRS 159A.0893 - Access to account or other assets of protected minor. - 1. A guardian shall present a copy of the court...

NRS 159A.0895 - Assets retained to pay expenses of funeral and disposal of remains of protected minor: Amount exempt from all claims; placement in account or trust; reversion of excess to estate of protected minor. - 1. The guardian may retain assets for the anticipated expense...

NRS 159A.091 - Discovery of debts or property. - Upon the filing of a petition in the guardianship proceeding...

NRS 159A.093 - Collecting obligations due protected minor; order for payment of support of protected minor; notice. - 1. A guardian of the estate: (a) Shall demand all...

NRS 159A.095 - Representing protected minor in legal proceedings. - 1. A guardian of the estate shall appear for and...

NRS 159A.097 - Voidable contracts and transactions of protected minor. - Any contract, except to the extent of the reasonable value...

NRS 159A.099 - Liability of guardian of estate on contracts for protected minor. - A guardian of the estate is not personally liable on...

NRS 159A.103 - Claims against estate of protected minor. - A guardian of the estate shall pay from the guardianship...

NRS 159A.105 - Payment of claims of guardian and claims arising from contracts of guardian; report of claims and payment. - 1. A guardian of the estate may pay from the...

NRS 159A.107 - Presentment and verification of claims. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 159A.105, all claims against...

NRS 159A.109 - Examination and allowance or rejection of claims by guardian. - 1. A guardian of the estate shall examine each claim...

NRS 159A.111 - Recourse of claimant when claim rejected or not acted upon. - 1. If, not later than 60 days after the date...

NRS 159A.112 - Authorized actions by guardian of the person if guardian of the estate has not been appointed; payment of excess money to appointed guardian of the estate; certain compensation authorized. - 1. If a guardian of the estate has not been...

NRS 159A.113 - Guardian required to petition court before taking certain actions; guardian may petition court before taking certain other actions; content of petition. - 1. Before taking any of the following actions, the guardian...

NRS 159A.115 - Notice of hearing of petition or account. - 1. Except as otherwise ordered by the court, upon the...

NRS 159A.117 - Court approval required to make certain investments and loans and to exercise certain options; certain investments authorized without prior approval; investing property of two or more protected persons. - 1. Upon approval of the court by order, a guardian...

NRS 159A.121 - Borrowing money for protected minor. - 1. A guardian of the estate, with prior approval of...

NRS 159A.123 - Contracts of protected minor. - If a protected minor for whom a guardian of the...

NRS 159A.125 - Gifts from estate of protected minor. - 1. A guardian of the estate, with prior approval of...

NRS 159A.127 - Purposes for which property of protected minor may be sold, leased or placed in trust. - A guardian of the estate, with prior approval of the...

NRS 159A.132 - Property of protected minor subject to sale. - Any interest of a protected minor in real or personal...

NRS 159A.134 - Selling real property of protected minor. - 1. All sales of real property of a protected minor...

NRS 159A.136 - Order requiring guardian to sell real property of estate. - If the guardian neglects or refuses to sell any real...

NRS 159A.1365 - Application of money from sale of real property of protected minor that is subject to mortgage or other lien. - If real property of the estate of a protected minor...

NRS 159A.1375 - Sale of real property of protected minor to holder of mortgage or lien on such property. - At a sale of real property that is subject to...

NRS 159A.138 - Sale of equity of estate in real property of protected minor that is subject to mortgage or lien and of property that is subject to mortgage or lien. - 1. In the manner required by this chapter for the...

NRS 159A.1385 - Contract for sale of real property of protected minor authorized; limitation on commission; liability of guardian and estate. - 1. After the court has granted authority to sell real...

NRS 159A.1415 - Presentation of offer to purchase real property to court for confirmation; division of commission for sale of such property. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10 of NRS...

NRS 159A.142 - Sale of interest of protected minor in real property owned jointly with one or more persons. - 1. If a protected minor owns real property jointly with...

NRS 159A.1425 - Notice of sale of real property of protected minor: When required; manner of providing; waiver; content. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and except...

NRS 159A.144 - Sale of real property of guardianship estate: Requirements for establishing date; manner of making offers. - 1. Except for the sale of real property pursuant to...

NRS 159A.1455 - Confirmation by court of sale of real property of guardianship estate. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the court...

NRS 159A.146 - Hearing to confirm sale of real property: Considerations; conditions for confirmation; actions of court if sale is not confirmed; continuance; circumstances in which sale is confirmed without bidding. - 1. At the hearing to confirm the sale of real...

NRS 159A.1465 - Conveyance of real property of guardianship estate to purchaser upon confirmation of sale by court. - 1. If the court confirms a sale of real property...

NRS 159A.1475 - Sale of real property made upon credit. - 1. If a sale of real property is made upon...

NRS 159A.148 - Neglect or refusal of purchaser of real property to comply with terms of sale. - 1. After confirmation of the sale of real property, if...

NRS 159A.1495 - Fraudulent sale of real property of protected minor by guardian. - A guardian who fraudulently sells any real property of a...

NRS 159A.1505 - Periods of limitation for actions to recover or set aside sale of real property. - The periods of limitation prescribed in NRS 11.260 apply to...

NRS 159A.1515 - Sale of personal property of protected minor by guardian without notice. - 1. A guardian may sell, dispose of or authorize the...

NRS 159A.152 - Sale of security of protected minor by guardian. - A guardian may sell any security of the protected minor...

NRS 159A.1535 - Notice of sale of personal property of protected minor. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 159A.1515 and 159A.152, a...

NRS 159A.154 - Place and manner of sale of personal property of protected minor; report by guardian; first right of refusal of family members. - 1. The guardian may sell the personal property of a...

NRS 159A.156 - Sale of interest in personal property pledged to protected minor and choses in action of estate of protected minor. - The following interests of the estate of the protected minor...

NRS 159A.157 - Lease of property of protected minor. - A guardian of the estate may lease any real property...

NRS 159A.159 - Contract with broker to secure lessee. - The court may authorize the guardian to enter into a...

NRS 159A.161 - Petition for approval of lease: Content; conditions for approval. - 1. Petitions to secure court approval of any lease: (a)...

NRS 159A.163 - Agreement for rental or bailment of personal property. - A guardian of the estate, with prior approval of the...

NRS 159A.165 - Lease of mining claim or mineral rights; option to purchase. - 1. If the property to be leased consists of mining...

NRS 159A.1653 - Petition to enter into agreement; setting date of hearing; notice. - 1. To enter into an agreement to sell or to...

NRS 159A.1657 - Hearing on petition; court order; recording of court order. - 1. At the time appointed and if the court finds...

NRS 159A.166 - Bond and actions required upon court order to enter into agreement. - 1. If the court orders the guardian to enter into...

NRS 159A.1663 - Neglect or refusal of purchaser of mining claim or of option holder to comply with terms of agreement. - 1. If the purchaser or option holder neglects or refuses...

NRS 159A.1667 - Petition for confirmation of proceedings concerning agreement: When required; notice; hearing. - 1. If the purchaser or option holder complies with the...

NRS 159A.167 - Special sale of property of protected minor or surrender of interest therein. - 1. A guardian of the estate, with prior approval of...

NRS 159A.169 - Advice, instructions and approval of acts of guardian. - 1. A guardian of the estate may petition the court...

NRS 159A.171 - Executing and recording legal documents. - 1. A guardian of the estate shall record a certified...

NRS 159A.175 - Exchange or partition of property of protected minor. - 1. A guardian of the estate, with prior approval of...

NRS 159A.176 - Review of guardianship by court. - Every guardianship established pursuant to this chapter must be reviewed...

NRS 159A.177 - Time for filing account; service of account. - 1. A guardian of the estate shall make and file...

NRS 159A.179 - Contents of account; retention of receipts or vouchers for all expenditures; proving payment when receipt or voucher is lost. - 1. An account made and filed by a guardian of...

NRS 159A.181 - Hearing of account. - 1. Any interested person may appear at the hearing and...

NRS 159A.183 - Compensation and expenses of guardian. - 1. Subject to the discretion and approval of the court...

NRS 159A.184 - Accounting by certain care providers. - If a protected minor resides with a care provider that...

NRS 159A.1845 - Appointment of temporary substitute guardian. - 1. The court may appoint a temporary substitute guardian for...

NRS 159A.185 - Conditions for removal. - 1. The court may remove a guardian if the court...

NRS 159A.1852 - Duty of guardian to notify court if no longer qualified to serve as guardian; appointment of successor guardian. - A guardian who, after appointment: 1. Is convicted of a...

NRS 159A.1853 - Petition for removal. - 1. The following persons may petition the court to have...

NRS 159A.1855 - Issuance and service of citation concerning filing of petition for removal; actions of court if protected minor or estate may suffer loss or injury during time required for service. - 1. If a petition to have a guardian removed is...

NRS 159A.1857 - Actions of court when petition to remove guardian is deemed sufficient and guardian fails to appear. - If a petition to remove a guardian is deemed sufficient...

NRS 159A.186 - Additional limitation governing removal; considerations for court in determining best interests of protected minor; removal of guardian. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as otherwise...

NRS 159A.187 - Appointment of successor guardian upon death or removal of existing guardian. - 1. When a guardian dies or is removed by order...

NRS 159A.1871 - Appointment of successor guardian immediately or upon designated event. - 1. The court at any time may appoint a successor...

NRS 159A.1873 - Petition tendering resignation. - 1. A guardian of the person, of the estate, or...

NRS 159A.1875 - Approval of resignation of guardian of person. - 1. Before the court approves the resignation of a guardian...

NRS 159A.1877 - Resignation of guardian of estate: Accounting required before approval; sanctions for failure to file accounting; acceptance when estate has more than one guardian; court order. - 1. Before the court approves the resignation of a guardian...

NRS 159A.1905 - Petition for termination or modification; appointment of attorney to represent protected minor; burden of proof; issuance of citation; penalties for not filing petition in good faith. - 1. A protected minor, the guardian or another person may...

NRS 159A.191 - Termination of guardianship of person, estate or person and estate; procedure upon death of protected minor. - 1. A guardianship of the person, of the estate, or...

NRS 159A.1915 - Termination of guardianship before emancipation of protected minor; burden of proof. - 1. If, before a protected minor is emancipated, a parent...

NRS 159A.192 - Termination of temporary guardianship. - 1. If a temporary guardianship is terminated and a petition...

NRS 159A.193 - Winding up affairs. - 1. The guardian of the estate is entitled to retain...

NRS 159A.195 - Disposition of claims of creditor after termination of guardianship by death of protected minor. - 1. If the guardianship is terminated by reason of the...

NRS 159A.197 - Delivery of physical possession of property of protected minor; petition to modify title to such property; handling property of deceased protected minor. - 1. After the winding up of the affairs of the...

NRS 159A.199 - Discharge of guardian; exoneration of bond; order of discharge. - 1. Upon the filing of receipts and vouchers showing compliance...

NRS 159A.19905 - Time period for which certain records are required to be maintained. - A guardian shall maintain all records and documents for each...

NRS 159A.2023 - Transfer of jurisdiction of guardianship to another state. - 1. A guardian appointed in this State may petition the...

NRS 159A.2024 - Transfer of jurisdiction of guardianship from another state to this State. - 1. To transfer jurisdiction of a guardianship to this State,...

NRS 159A.2025 - Registration of guardianship orders issued in another state. - 1. If a guardian has been appointed in another state...

NRS 159A.2027 - Effect of registration of guardianship orders issued in another state. - 1. Upon registration of a guardianship, the guardian may exercise...

NRS 159A.203 - Delivering property or paying obligations to foreign guardian. - 1. Where a guardian of the estate for a nonresident...

NRS 159A.205 - Appointment of short-term guardianship for minor child by parent: When authorized; content of written instrument; term; termination. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or NRS...

NRS 159A.215 - Guardian of person of minor child of member of Armed Forces. - 1. A member of the Armed Forces of the United...

NRS 159A.305 - Petition alleging that person disposed of money of protected minor or proposed protected minor or has evidence of interest of protected minor or proposed protected minor in or to property. - 1. If a guardian, interested person, protected minor or proposed...

NRS 159A.315 - Order of court upon findings concerning allegations that person disposed of money of protected minor or proposed protected minor or has evidence of interest of protected minor or proposed protected minor in or to property; nonappearanc... - 1. If the court finds, after examination of a person...

NRS 159A.339 - Assumption of jurisdiction by court of trust of which protected minor is beneficiary. - 1. If the inventory filed pursuant to NRS 159A.085 includes...

NRS 159A.3395 - Protected minor or attorney entitled to copies of accountings for trust created by or for benefit of protected minor; submission of trust to jurisdiction of court. - A protected minor or his or her attorney is entitled...

NRS 159A.342 - Determination as to whether guardian has already been appointed upon application by person to be designated as guardian. - 1. If a guardian applies to a court to be...

NRS 159A.344 - Payment of attorney’s fees and costs incurred as result of representation by attorney in guardianship proceeding: Liability; petition for payment from guardianship estate; procedure upon filing petition. - 1. Any person, including, without limitation, a guardian or proposed...

NRS 159A.345 - Imposition of penalties upon certain misconduct by guardian. - If a guardian: 1. Is guilty of gross impropriety in...

NRS 159A.346 - Appropriate actions authorized upon violation by guardian of any right of protected minor. - 1. If a guardian violates any right of a protected...

NRS 159A.375 - Appeals to appellate court of competent jurisdiction. - In addition to any order from which an appeal is...

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Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 159A - Guardianship of Minors

Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 159A - Guardianship of Minors