Nevada Chapter 127A — Adoption Generally
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- NRS 127A.010— Definitions
- NRS 127A.015— “Adoption” defined
- NRS 127A.020— “Adoption services” defined
- NRS 127A.025— “Adult” defined
- NRS 127A.030— “Adult adoption” defined
- NRS 127A.035— “Agency adoption” defined
- NRS 127A.040— “Agency which provides child welfare services” defined
- NRS 127A.045— “Arrange the placement of a child” defined
- NRS 127A.050— “Best interest of the child” defined
- NRS 127A.055— “Blind” defined
- NRS 127A.060— “Child” defined
- NRS 127A.065— “Child-placing agency” defined
- NRS 127A.070— “Child with special needs” defined
- NRS 127A.075— “Close-family adoption” defined
- NRS 127A.080— “Confirmatory adoption” defined
- NRS 127A.085— “Division” defined
- NRS 127A.090— “Domestic partner” defined
- NRS 127A.095— “Holder of a valid registry identification card” defined
- NRS 127A.100— “Identified adoption” defined
- NRS 127A.105— “Indian child” defined
- NRS 127A.110— “Marital partner” defined
- NRS 127A.115— “Person” defined
- NRS 127A.120— “Putative parent” defined
- NRS 127A.125— “Readoption” defined
- NRS 127A.130— “Sibling” defined
- NRS 127A.135— “Spouse” defined
- NRS 127A.140— “Third degree of consanguinity” defined
- NRS 127A.150— Applicability of provisions to various types of adoptions governed by other chapters of NRS
- NRS 127A.160— State Register for Adoptions: Establishment; contents; release of information
- NRS 127A.200— Jurisdiction of district courts
- NRS 127A.210— Adoption of two or more children
- NRS 127A.220— Entitlement of petitions; reports and orders
- NRS 127A.230— Confidentiality of hearings, files and records
- NRS 127A.240— Order or decree of adoption constitutes final judgment
- NRS 127A.250— Effect of order of adoption on parental rights and inheritance
- NRS 127A.260— Appeals
- NRS 127A.300— License required to place or arrange placement of child for adoption; exceptions
- NRS 127A.310— License: Application; issuance; renewal; term
- NRS 127A.320— License: Denial, nonrenewal or revocation; notice and hearing; appeal
- NRS 127A.330— Investigation of background of applicant for license, licensee and certain employees, volunteers and independent contractors; fee for investigation; periodic additional investigations; regulations
- NRS 127A.340— Person investigated to submit fingerprints; exchange of information; report from Federal Bureau of Investigation
- NRS 127A.400— Limitation on compensation of attorneys in adoptions; reporting of violations; penalty
- NRS 127A.410— Prohibition on receipt of compensation for placing or arranging placement of children for adoption without license; exception
- NRS 127A.420— Penalty for receipt of compensation without license
- NRS 127A.430— Placing or advertising child for adoption; requirements for advertisements; penalties