2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 127 - Adoption of Children and Adults
NRS 127.070 - Validity of releases for and consents to adoption.
1. All releases for and consents to adoption executed in this state by the parent who gave birth to a child before the birth of the child or within 72 hours after the birth of the child are invalid.
2. A release for or consent to adoption may be executed by a parent before the birth of a child if the parent is not married to the parent who gave birth to the child. A release executed under this subsection becomes invalid if:
(a) The parents of the child marry each other before the child is born;
(b) The parent who gave birth to the child does not execute a release for or consent to adoption of the child within 6 months after the birth of the child; or
(c) No petition for adoption of the child has been filed within 2 years after the birth of the child.
[7:332:1953]—(NRS A 1979, 1283; 1987, 2050; 1989, 531; 2021, 3405)
