Title 11

NRS 127C.800 Definitions. As used in NRS 127C.800 to 127C.900, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Person” includes a hospital. 2. “Recommend the placement of a child” means to suggest to a child-placing agency that a prospective adoptive parent be allowed to ad…

NRS 127C.810 Standards and regulations relating to the placement of children for adoption; conformity required. 1. The Division shall: (a) Establish reasonable minimum standards for child-placing agencies. (b) In consultation with each agency which provides child welfare services…

NRS 127C.820 Requirements before placement of child in adoptive home or in care of prospective adoptive parents. A child must not be placed in an adoptive home or in the care of prospective adoptive parents until: 1. An approved home study investigation pursuant to NRS 127C.840 i…

NRS 127C.830 Additional requirements before placement of child in home of prospective adoptive parents. 1. A child may not be placed in the home of prospective adoptive parents unless: (a) The child-placing agency first receives written notice of the proposed placement from: (1) …

NRS 127C.840 Home study of prospective adoptive parent; receipt of report of investigation of prospective adoptive parent from other state. 1. The child-placing agency shall, within 60 days after receipt of confirmation of the parents’ intent to place the child for adoption and a…

NRS 127C.850 Prospective adoptive parent to submit fingerprints; exchange of information; payment of fees. 1. A prospective adoptive parent who is subject to an investigation by the child-placing agency must submit as part of the investigation a complete set of fingerprints and w…

NRS 127C.860 Placement of child during investigation; notice and placement of child upon completion of investigation. 1. Pending completion of the required investigation, the child must be: (a) Retained by the parent; or (b) Placed by the parent with the child-placing agency and …

NRS 127C.870 Determination of suitability of prospective adoptive home; opportunity to review and respond to post-placement investigation or home study; prohibited bases for determination. 1. The Division, in consultation with each agency which provides child welfare services, sh…

NRS 127C.880 Preference for placement of child together with siblings of child. A child-placing agency shall, to the extent practicable, give preference to the placement of a child for adoption together with the siblings of the child. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2026; A 2025, 1550)—(S…

NRS 127C.890 Incorporation of order for visitation with sibling into order of adoption; petition to exclude or amend order for visitation; hearing; enforcement. 1. If a child who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services is placed for adoption, the agen…

NRS 127C.900 Unlawful payments or offers to pay in connection with adoption; penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, it is unlawful for any person to pay or offer to pay money or anything of value to the parent of a child in return for the parent’s placement o…