Home study and specific consent to adoption or relinquishment required before appointment of guardian for child to be adopted; execution of specific consent in certain custodial circumstances.

NRS 127C.340 Home study and specific consent to adoption or relinquishment required before appointment of guardian for child to be adopted; execution of specific consent in certain custodial circumstances. 1. Until a specific consent to adoption or a relinquishment is executed by a parent of the child and an approved home study investigation pursuant to NRS 127C.840 is obtained, no person may: (a) Petition any court for the appointment of a guardian; or (b) Be appointed the temporary guardian, Ê of the person of the child to be adopted. 2. A parent may sign a specific consent to adoption or relinquishment if the parent is in the custody of a law enforcement agency or the child is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services. (Added to NRS by 1989, 530; A 1993, 70; 2021, 3405; 2025, 1531)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 127.045)