2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 126 - Parentage
NRS 126.041 - Establishment of relationship. [Effective until the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is ratified by the President and the United States deposits its instrument of ratification.]

NV Rev Stat § 126.041 (2015) What's This?

The parent and child relationship between a child and:

1. A woman may be established by:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, proof of her having given birth to the child;

(b) An adjudication of the woman’s maternity pursuant to this chapter, or NRS 125B.150 or 130.701;

(c) Proof of adoption of the child by the woman;

(d) An unrebutted presumption of the woman’s maternity;

(e) The consent of the woman to assisted reproduction pursuant to NRS 126.670 and 126.680 which resulted in the birth of the child; or

(f) An adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational carrier if the gestational agreement is enforceable under the provisions of NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, or any other provision of law.

2. A man may be established:

(a) Under this chapter, or NRS 125B.150, 130.701 or 425.382 to 425.3852, inclusive;

(b) By proof of adoption of the child by the man;

(c) By the consent of the man to assisted reproduction pursuant to NRS 126.670 and 126.680 which resulted in the birth of the child; or

(d) By an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational carrier if the gestational agreement was validated pursuant to the provisions of NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, or other provision of law.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 1270; A 1983, 1867; 1997, 2303; 1999, 3570; 2013, 812)

NRS 126.041 Establishment of relationship. [Effective on the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is ratified by the President and the United States deposits its instrument of ratification.] The parent and child relationship between a child and:

1. A woman may be established by:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, proof of her having given birth to the child;

(b) An adjudication of the woman’s maternity pursuant to this chapter, or NRS 125B.150 or 130.402;

(c) Proof of adoption of the child by the woman;

(d) An unrebutted presumption of the woman’s maternity;

(e) The consent of the woman to assisted reproduction pursuant to NRS 126.670 and 126.680 which resulted in the birth of the child; or

(f) An adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational carrier if the gestational agreement is enforceable under the provisions of NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, or any other provision of law.

2. A man may be established:

(a) Under this chapter, NRS 125B.150, 130.402, or 425.382 to 425.3852, inclusive;

(b) By proof of adoption of the child by the man;

(c) By the consent of the man to assisted reproduction pursuant to NRS 126.670 and 126.680 which resulted in the birth of the child; or

(d) By an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational carrier if the gestational agreement was validated pursuant to the provisions of NRS 126.710 to 126.810, inclusive, or other provision of law.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 1270; A 1983, 1867; 1997, 2303; 1999, 3570; 2009, 118; 2013, 812, effective on the date that the provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is ratified by the President and the United States deposits its instrument of ratification)

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