by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Nevada
1. Any adult person or any two persons married to each other may petition the district court of any county in this state for leave to adopt a child.2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a married person not lawfully separated from his or her spouse may not...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Nevada
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:(a) A minor child may be adopted by an adult person in the cases and subject to the rules prescribed in this chapter.(b) A person adopting a child must be at least 10 years older than the person adopted, and the consent...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Nevada
1. Unless the child involved is subject to the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act, a child of whom this State: (a) Is the home state on the date of the commencement of the proceeding; or(b) Was the home state within 6 months...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Nevada
Each court in this state which exercises jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter in a case involving an Indian child shall give full faith and credit to the judicial proceedings of an Indian tribe to the same extent that the Indian tribe gives full faith and credit to...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Nevada
1. If proceedings pursuant to this chapter involve the relinquishment of an Indian child who is a ward of a tribal court, resides on a reservation or is domiciled on a reservation, the court shall transfer the proceedings to the Indian child’s tribe in...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Nevada
Except if the child involved is subject to the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act, the district courts of this State have original jurisdiction in adoption proceedings.NRS 127.010[1:332:1953] – (NRS A 1995, 781 [Ch. 309]...
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