“Failure of parental adjustment” occurs when a parent or parents are unable or unwilling within a reasonable time to correct substantially the circumstances, conduct or conditions which led to the placement of their child outside of their home, notwithstanding reasonable and appropriate efforts made by the State or a private person or agency to return the child to his or her home.
NRS 128.0126
“Failure of parental adjustment” defined
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case Diana L. N. v. State, Department of Human Resources, Division of Child & Family Services (2002)
Most recently applied in IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO T.M.R. (May 2021)
(Added to NRS by 1987, 172)
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Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.