Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 127A · 45 active provisions
As used in chapters 127A to 127E, inclusive, of NRS, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 127A.015 to 127A.140, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
“Adoption” means a legally recognized procedure that creates a parent-child relationship.
“Adoption services” means services provided by an agency which provides child welfare services or a child-placing agency, including, without limitation: 1. Identifying a child for adoption and arranging an adoption; 2. Securing a specific consent to adoption, relinquishment or termination of parental rights; 3. Perform…
“Adult” means a person who is at least 18 years of age.
“Adult adoption” means a type of adoption where the person being adopted is an adult.
“Agency adoption” means a type of adoption performed by an agency which provides child welfare services or a child-placing agency, where the agency which provides child welfare services or the child-placing agency: 1. Accepts temporary custody of a child until final adoption; and 2. Assists in and arranges the placemen…
“Agency which provides child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030.
“Arrange the placement of a child” means to make preparations for or bring about any agreement or understanding concerning the adoption of a child.
“Best interest of the child” means the legal standard used to ensure every decision made in the adoption process prioritizes stability, safety and permanency of the child to be adopted.
“Blind” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.082.
“Child” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 128.0124.
“Child-placing agency” means a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to chapter 82 of NRS and licensed by the Division to place children for adoption.
“Child with special needs” means a child for whom placement with an adoptive parent is, in the opinion of the Administrator of the Division or the designee of the Administrator, made more difficult because of the age, race or number of siblings of the child, or because the child suffers from a severe or chronic medical…
“Close-family adoption” means a type of adoption where a petitioner or the spouse of a petitioner is related to the child to be adopted within the third degree of consanguinity.
“Confirmatory adoption” means a type of adoption where the petitioner is already a parent of a child either through a court order or presumptively and is asking the court to confirm parentage through an adoption or readoption.
“Division” means the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Human Services.
“Domestic partner” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 122A.030.
“Holder of a valid registry identification card” means a person who holds a valid registry identification card as defined in NRS 678C.080 that identifies the person as: 1. Exempt from state prosecution for engaging in the medical use of cannabis; or 2. A designated primary caregiver as defined in NRS 678C.040.
“Identified adoption” means an adoption where: 1. None of the prospective adoptive parents are related within the third degree of consanguinity to the child to be adopted; and 2. The prospective adoptive parents and at least one of the parents of the child to be adopted are known to each other and such knowledge was no…
“Indian child” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 125E.080.
“Marital partner” means two persons, regardless of gender, who are at least 18 years of age, not nearer of kin than second cousins or cousins of the half blood, and not having a spouse living, who are joined in marriage.
“Person” means a natural person.
“Putative parent” means a person who is alleged or reputed to be a parent of a child but whose parentage has not been legally established.
“Readoption” means a type of adoption where the petitioner has previously obtained an order of adoption on the child at issue from a court of another country.
“Sibling” means each of two or more children having one or both parents in common.