2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 127 - Adoption of Children and Adults
NRS 127.060 - Residence of petitioners: Adoption of two or more children; exception.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the petition for adoption shall not be granted unless the petitioners have resided in the State of Nevada for a period of 6 months prior to the granting of the petition.
2. The same petitioners may, in one petition, petition for the adoption of two or more children, if the children be brothers or sisters or brother and sister.
3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply if the petition for adoption is filed for the adoption of a child who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services or a child-placing agency licensed by the Division pursuant to this chapter.
[6:332:1953] (NRS A 1961, 737; 2011, 144)
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