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Nevada Revised Statutes
Title 11
Chapter 127A
Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 127A
Adoption Generally
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127A.010
Definitions
127A.015
“Adoption” defined
127A.020
“Adoption services” defined
127A.025
“Adult” defined
127A.030
“Adult adoption” defined
127A.035
“Agency adoption” defined
127A.040
“Agency which provides child welfare services” defined
127A.045
“Arrange the placement of a child” defined
127A.050
“Best interest of the child” defined
127A.055
“Blind” defined
127A.060
“Child” defined
127A.065
“Child-placing agency” defined
127A.070
“Child with special needs” defined
127A.075
“Close-family adoption” defined
127A.080
“Confirmatory adoption” defined
127A.085
“Division” defined
127A.090
“Domestic partner” defined
127A.095
“Holder of a valid registry identification card” defined
127A.100
“Identified adoption” defined
127A.105
“Indian child” defined
127A.110
“Marital partner” defined
127A.115
“Person” defined
127A.120
“Putative parent” defined
127A.125
“Readoption” defined
127A.130
“Sibling” defined
127A.135
“Spouse” defined
127A.140
“Third degree of consanguinity” defined
127A.150
Applicability of provisions to various types of adoptions governed by other chapters of NRS
127A.160
State Register for Adoptions: Establishment; contents; release of information
127A.200
Jurisdiction of district courts
127A.210
Adoption of two or more children
127A.220
Entitlement of petitions; reports and orders
127A.230
Confidentiality of hearings, files and records
127A.240
Order or decree of adoption constitutes final judgment
127A.250
Effect of order of adoption on parental rights and inheritance
127A.260
Appeals
127A.300
License required to place or arrange placement of child for adoption; exceptions
127A.310
License: Application; issuance; renewal; term
127A.320
License: Denial, nonrenewal or revocation; notice and hearing; appeal
127A.330
Investigation of background of applicant for license, licensee and certain employees, volunteers and independent contractors; fee for investigation; periodic additional investigations; regulations
127A.340
Person investigated to submit fingerprints; exchange of information; report from Federal Bureau of Investigation
127A.400
Limitation on compensation of attorneys in adoptions; reporting of violations; penalty
127A.410
Prohibition on receipt of compensation for placing or arranging placement of children for adoption without license; exception
127A.420
Penalty for receipt of compensation without license
127A.430
Placing or advertising child for adoption; requirements for advertisements; penalties