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NRS 159A.0753

Requirements; form; Secretary of State to make form available; regulations

(Added to NRS by 2025, 2762)

1. Any parent or guardian of a minor who wishes to request to nominate another person to be appointed as the guardian for the minor may do so by completing a form requesting to nominate a guardian of a minor in accordance with this section.

2. A form requesting to nominate a guardian of a minor pursuant to this section must be:

(a) Signed by the parent or guardian who is executing the form;

(b) Signed by two impartial adult witnesses who have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the estate of the minor or the parent or guardian of the minor and who attest that the parent or guardian has the mental capacity to understand and execute the form; and

(c) Notarized.

3. A nomination of a guardian of a minor made pursuant to this section may be in substantially the following form, and must be witnessed and executed in the same manner as the following form:

4. The Secretary of State shall make the form established in subsection 3 available on the Internet website of the Secretary of State.

5. The person nominated for appointment as the guardian of a minor pursuant to this section must file a petition and obtain an appointment from the court before exercising the powers of a guardian.

6. The Secretary of State may adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.