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NRS 127C.470 Report to prospective adoptive parents concerning agency adoptions: Contents; written confirmation of receipt; regulations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the child-placing agency shall provide the prospective adoptive parents of a child with a repo…

NRS 127C.480 Preparation and filing of report of adoption, amendment or annulment. 1. After an order of adoption has been entered, the court shall direct the petitioner or the attorney of the petitioner to prepare a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the Sta…

NRS 127C.490 Adoption of child with special needs; financial assistance for prospective adoptive parents and adoptive parents; regulations. 1. The child-placing agency may consent to the adoption of a child under 18 years of age with special needs due to race, age or physical or …

NRS 127C.500 Action to set aside adoption; presumption regarding best interest of child. 1. A placing parent of a child may not bring an action to set aside an adoption after a petition for adoption has been granted, unless a court of competent jurisdiction has previously, in a s…

NRS 127C.510 Petition to vacate order of adoption of Indian child; restoration of parental rights. 1. A petition to vacate an order of adoption of an Indian child under this chapter may be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction by a parent who consented to the adoption. 2. Up…

NRS 127C.520 Notice of vacatur of adoption of Indian child; waiver of notice; return of custody and restoration of parental rights. 1. If an order of adoption of an Indian child under this chapter is vacated, the court vacating the order must notify, by registered or certified ma…

NRS 127C.530 Access to adoption records of Indian child by tribe of child or United States Secretary of the Interior. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if an Indian child’s tribe or the United States Secretary of the Interior requests access to the adoption records o…

NRS 127C.600 Establishment and enforceability of agreement; requirements; effect on rights of adoptive parent. 1. The parent or parents and the prospective adoptive parent or parents of a child to be adopted may enter into an enforceable agreement that provides for postadoptive c…

NRS 127C.610 Notice of agreement to court. 1. Each prospective adoptive parent of a child to be adopted who enters into an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact pursuant to NRS 127C.600 shall notify the court responsible for entering the order of adoption of the child …

NRS 127C.620 Inquiry by court concerning existence of agreement; incorporation of agreement into order of adoption. 1. Before a court may enter an order of adoption of a child, the court must address: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each prospective adoptive par…

NRS 127C.630 Petition to prove existence of agreement or enforce, modify or terminate agreement; notice and hearing. 1. A parent who has entered into an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact pursuant to NRS 127C.600 may, for good cause shown: (a) Petition the court tha…

NRS 127C.640 Effect of failure to comply with terms of agreement; time within which action to enforce terms must be commenced. 1. Failure to comply with the terms of an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact entered into pursuant to NRS 127C.600 may not be used as a gro…

NRS 127C.650 Modification or termination of agreement by adoptive parent; presumption and limitations. 1. An agreement that provides for postadoptive contact entered into pursuant to NRS 127C.600 may only be modified or terminated by an adoptive parent petitioning the court that …

NRS 127C.700 Authorized petitioners; execution and required contents of agreement of adoption. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any adult person may adopt any other adult person who is at least 10 years younger than the potential adopting person, except the spouse o…

NRS 127C.710 Agreements required for adoption of adult. 1. A married person not lawfully separated from a spouse may not adopt an adult person without the agreement of the spouse of the adopting person, if such spouse is capable of giving such agreement. 2. A married person not l…

NRS 127C.720 Petition for approval of agreement of adoption; notice and hearing; waiver; order of adoption and change of name. 1. The adopting person or the person to be adopted may file in the district court in the county in which either resides a petition praying for approval o…

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…

NRS 127D.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 127D.020 to 127D.060, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1508)

NRS 127D.020 “Parent” defined. “Parent” means a person: 1. Who has legal rights, privileges, responsibilities and obligations to a child and is a biological or legal parent of a child whose parental rights have not been terminated by a court order or execution of a specific conse…

NRS 127D.030 “Placing parent” defined. “Placing parent” means a parent who executed a specific consent to adoption or relinquishment pursuant to this chapter. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1508)

NRS 127D.040 “Prospective adoptive parent” defined. “Prospective adoptive parent” means a person with whom a child has been placed for adoption but whose petition for adoption has not been granted by the court. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1508)

NRS 127D.050 “Relinquishment” defined. “Relinquishment” means a document that is executed in an adoption which: 1. Terminates the parental rights of the person executing the document in the child to be adopted; and 2. Places the child for adoption with a named child-placing agenc…

NRS 127D.060 “Specific consent to adoption” defined. “Specific consent to adoption” means a document that is executed in an adoption which: 1. Terminates or retains the parental right of the person executing the document; and 2. Authorizes the child to be adopted by a specificall…

NRS 127D.070 Scope of chapter; applicability of other provisions. In addition to the requirements set forth in chapter 127A of NRS, this chapter governs close-family adoptions. (Added to NRS by 2025, 1509)

NRS 127D.080 Persons and entities authorized to perform duties relating to compliance with Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Compliance with the requirements of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children pursuant to chapter 127F of NRS may be performed by …

NRS 127D.100 Court order required for adoption of children with certain connections to this State; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 125E of NRS and NRS 127D.200, 127D.270, 127D.310, 127D.320 and 127D.330, a child of whom this State: (a) Is the home state on t…

NRS 127D.110 Authorized petitioners; consent of child; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A child may be adopted by one or more adults subject to the rules prescribed in this chapter; (b) A person adopting a child must be at least 10 years older than…

NRS 127D.120 Petition for adoption; agreement of spouse required under certain circumstances; effect of spousal agreement; exceptions; recognition of legal relationship with more than two persons. 1. One or more adults may petition the district court of any county in this State f…

NRS 127D.130 Specific consent to adoption or relinquishment required from each living parent and any legal guardian. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 127D.140, a specific consent to adoption or a relinquishment is required from: 1. Each parent of the child who is alive; and 2.…

NRS 127D.140 When specific consent to adoption or relinquishment not required. The execution of a specific consent to adoption or relinquishment by a parent shall not be necessary: 1. Where parental rights have been terminated by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction; 2. …

NRS 127D.150 Agencies authorized to accept relinquishments and consent to adoptions; reimbursement for acceptance of relinquishment. 1. The following agencies may accept relinquishments for adoption of children from parents and guardians in this State: (a) An agency which provide…

NRS 127D.160 Specific consent to adoption or relinquishment: General requirements for execution. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a specific consent to adoption or relinquishment executed in this State, or executed outside this State for use in this State, is not …

NRS 127D.170 Affidavit of attesting witnesses as proof of due execution of specific consent to adoption. 1. Any or all of the attesting witnesses to any specific consent to adoption may make and sign an affidavit before any person authorized to administer oaths in this State, sta…

NRS 127D.180 Affidavit of attesting witnesses as proof of due execution of relinquishment. 1. Any or all of the attesting witnesses to any relinquishment may make and sign an affidavit before any person authorized to administer oaths in this State, stating such facts as they woul…

NRS 127D.190 Specific consent to adoption or relinquishment: Timing of execution; execution by minor parent; effect of attaining age of majority; circumstances causing invalidity of execution. 1. All specific consents to adoption and relinquishments executed in this State by the …

NRS 127D.200 Consent to adoption of Indian Child: Execution; withdrawal. 1. If a petition for adoption of a child concerns the adoption of an Indian child, unless the parental rights of the Indian child’s parents have been terminated, consent in writing to the adoption must be gi…