2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 127 - Adoption of Children and Adults
NRS 127.110 - When petition may be filed; contents of petition; limitation on entry of adoption order.
1. A petition for adoption of a child who currently resides in the home of the petitioners may be filed at any time after the child has lived in the home for 30 days.
2. The petition for adoption must state, in substance, the following:
(a) The full name and age of the petitioners and, unless the petition is a petition for adoption described in subsection 3 of NRS 127.060, the period the petitioners have resided in the State of Nevada before the filing of the petition.
(b) The age of the child sought to be adopted and the period that the child has lived in the home of petitioners before the filing of the petition.
(c) That it is the desire of the petitioners that the relationship of parent and child be established between them and the child.
(d) Their desire that the name of the child be changed, together with the new name desired.
(e) That the petitioners are fit and proper persons to have the care and custody of the child.
(f) That they are financially able to provide for the child.
(g) That there has been a full compliance with the law in regard to consent to adoption.
(h) That there has been a full compliance with NRS 127.220 to 127.310, inclusive.
(i) Whether the child is known to be an Indian child.
3. No order of adoption may be entered unless there has been full compliance with the provisions of NRS 127.220 to 127.310, inclusive.
[11:332:1953] (NRS A 1961, 738; 1965, 1320; 1987, 2051; 1995, 781; 2011, 144)
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