Title 5

NRS 62D.040 Procedure at first appearance at intake and before juvenile court; when adjudicating hearing is required; standards of proof; actions of court after determination of whether or not allegations have been established. 1. At the child’s first appearance at intake and bef…

NRS 62D.100 Right to representation by attorney; appointment of attorney under certain circumstances; compensation. 1. A parent or guardian of a child who is alleged to be delinquent or in need of supervision may be represented by an attorney at all stages of the proceedings. The…

NRS 62D.110 Juvenile court to provide certificate of attendance to parent or guardian; contents. 1. If a parent or guardian of a child appears with or on behalf of the child at a detention hearing, the juvenile court shall provide to the parent or guardian a certificate of attend…

NRS 62D.120 Juvenile court to provide to parents and guardians notice of juvenile proceedings to be held after detention hearing; contents of notice. 1. For any proceeding after the initial detention hearing, the juvenile court shall cause written notice of the proceeding and a c…

NRS 62D.130 Terminating or threatening to terminate employment of parent or guardian for appearance at proceeding prohibited; penalty; civil remedy. 1. If a parent or guardian of a child gives the employer of the parent or guardian or an agent of the employer notice of an appeara…

NRS 62D.140 “Incompetent” defined. As used in NRS 62D.140 to 62D.190, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “incompetent” means a child does not have the present ability to: 1. Understand the nature of the allegations of delinquency or, if the child is a child in need…

NRS 62D.145 Suspension of case to determine competence of child. 1. Any time after a petition is filed and before the final disposition of a case, if doubt arises as to the competence of a child, the juvenile court shall suspend the case until the question of competence is determ…

NRS 62D.150 Duties of person making motion for evaluation of child. A person who makes a motion for the evaluation of a child for the purpose of determining whether the child is incompetent shall: 1. Certify that the motion is being made in good faith and is based on reasonable g…

NRS 62D.155 Appointment of one or more experts to evaluate and report on competence of child; qualification and duties of expert. 1. If the juvenile court suspends a case pursuant to NRS 62D.145, the juvenile court shall appoint one or more experts, at least one of whom is a psyc…

NRS 62D.160 Evaluation of child by expert: Required considerations. 1. An expert who is appointed by the juvenile court pursuant to NRS 62D.155 shall evaluate the child as specified in the court order appointing the expert. 2. An expert shall consider as part of his or her evalua…

NRS 62D.165 Written report of expert: Contents. 1. A written report submitted by an expert pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 62D.155 must: (a) Identify the specific matters referred to the expert by the juvenile court for evaluation; (b) Describe the procedures, techniques and test…

NRS 62D.170 Expedited hearing to determine competence of child. 1. Upon receipt of the required written reports from all experts appointed by the juvenile court, the juvenile court shall hold an expedited hearing to determine whether the child is incompetent. 2. The parties may w…

NRS 62D.175 Juvenile court to consider certain information only for certain purposes; exception; statements made by child during evaluation not admissible as evidence in certain circumstances. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the juvenile court may consider any in…

NRS 62D.180 Determination of competence of child by juvenile court; additional determinations if child determined to be incompetent; issuance of necessary recommendations and orders. 1. After the juvenile court considers the written reports of all the experts appointed by the juv…

NRS 62D.185 Periodic review by juvenile court of child determined to be incompetent. 1. If the juvenile court determines that a child is incompetent pursuant to NRS 62D.180, the juvenile court shall conduct a periodic review to determine whether the child has attained competence.…

NRS 62D.190 Child determined to be incompetent may not be adjudicated delinquent or in need of supervision, placed under supervision of juvenile court or committed to custody of correctional facility during period that child remains incompetent; sealing of records. 1. If the juve…

NRS 62D.210 Procedure when proceedings involve placement into foster care; appointment of attorney. 1. If a proceeding conducted pursuant to the provisions of this title involves the placement of an Indian child into foster care, the juvenile court shall require that notice of th…

NRS 62D.300 Power of juvenile court to expedite proceeding involving act committed against or witnessed by person less than 16 years of age. 1. Upon the request of the district attorney, the juvenile court may expedite any proceeding conducted pursuant to the provisions of this t…

NRS 62D.310 Period for final disposition of cases. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the juvenile court shall make its final disposition of a case not later than 60 days after the date on which the petition in the case was filed. 2. The juvenile court may extend th…

NRS 62D.320 Continuances. 1. The juvenile court may continue any proceeding conducted pursuant to the provisions of this title for a reasonable period to receive oral and written reports or other competent, material and relevant evidence that may be helpful in determining the iss…

NRS 62D.400 Electronic filing of certain documents. 1. A clerk of the court may allow any of the following documents to be filed electronically: (a) A petition prepared and signed by the district attorney pursuant to NRS 62C.100 or 62C.110. (b) A document relating to proceedings …

NRS 62D.403 Issuance of order to join governmental entity or person as party to proceeding to enforce legal obligation to child. In each proceeding conducted pursuant to the provisions of this title, the juvenile court may issue an order to join any governmental entity or other p…

NRS 62D.405 Interpreters. 1. The juvenile court shall appoint at public expense an interpreter for a person with limited English proficiency in all proceedings conducted pursuant to the provisions of this title if the person with limited English proficiency is: (a) The child who …

NRS 62D.410 Subpoenas. 1. In each proceeding conducted pursuant to the provisions of this title, the juvenile court may issue and, upon the request of any party to the proceeding, the clerk of the court shall issue subpoenas that require: (a) The attendance and testimony of witne…

NRS 62D.415 Use of instrument of restraint on child during proceeding. 1. An instrument of restraint may be used on a child during a court proceeding only if the restraint is necessary to prevent the child from: (a) Inflicting physical harm on himself or herself or another person…

NRS 62D.420 Admissible evidence; examination and cross-examination; court access to and use of records relating to custody of child or involvement of child with agency which provides child welfare services. 1. In each proceeding conducted pursuant to the provisions of this title,…

NRS 62D.430 Fees allowed for witnesses and other persons acting under order of juvenile court; limitations. In proceedings conducted pursuant to the provisions of this title: 1. A party to a petition must not be charged any court fees or witness fees. 2. A salaried officer of thi…

NRS 62D.440 Disclosure to victim of disposition of case; confidentiality of personal information pertaining to victim or parent or guardian of victim. 1. The prosecuting attorney shall disclose to the victim of an act committed by a child the disposition of the child’s case regar…

NRS 62D.500 Appeals. 1. Appeals from the orders of the juvenile court may be taken to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution in the same manner as appeals in civi…