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2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 127 - Adoption of Children and Adults
NRS 127.045 - Release for or consent to adoption and investigation required before appointment of guardian for child to be adopted; exception.
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NV Rev Stat § 127.045 (2025)
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, until a valid release for or consent to adoption is executed by the parent who gave birth to the child as provided by NRS 127.070 and the investigation required by NRS 127.2805 is completed, no person may:
(a) Petition any court for the appointment of a guardian; or
(b) Be appointed the temporary guardian,
of the person of the child to be adopted.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply if one or more of the existing legal parents is a petitioner or if any petitioner or his or her spouse is related to the child within the third degree of consanguinity.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 530; A 1993, 70; 2021, 3405)
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