NRS 127.120
Petition to be filed in duplicate

  • investigation, report and recommendation
  • court may order independent investigation
  • costs.

1.

A petition for adoption of a child must be filed in duplicate with the county clerk. The county clerk shall send one copy of the petition to the agency which provides child welfare services.

2.

The agency which provides child welfare services shall make an investigation and report as provided in this section. If one petitioner or the spouse of a petitioner is related to the child within the third degree of consanguinity, the court may, in its discretion, waive the investigation by the agency which provides child welfare services. A copy of the order waiving the investigation must be sent to the nearest office of the agency which provides child welfare services by the petitioners within 7 days after the order is issued.

3.

The agency which provides child welfare services or a licensed child-placing agency designated to do so by the court shall:

(a)

Verify the allegations of the petition;

(b)

Investigate the condition of the child, including, without limitation, whether the child is an Indian child; and

(c)

Make proper inquiry to determine whether the proposed adopting parents are suitable for the child.

4.

The agency which provides child welfare services or the designated child-placing agency shall, before the date on which the child has lived for a period of 6 months in the home of the petitioners or within 30 days after receiving the copy of the petition for adoption, whichever is later, submit to the court a full written report of its findings pursuant to subsection 3, which must contain, without limitation, a specific recommendation for or against approval of the petition and a statement of whether the child is known to be an Indian child, and shall furnish to the court any other information regarding the child or proposed home which the court requires. The court, on good cause shown, may extend the time, designating a time certain, within which to submit the report.

5.

If the court is dissatisfied with the report submitted by the agency which provides child welfare services or the designated child-placing agency, the court may order an independent investigation to be conducted and a report submitted by an agency or person selected by the court. The costs of the investigation and report may be assessed against the petitioner or charged against the county in which the adoption proceeding is pending.

Source: Section 127.120 — Petition to be filed in duplicate; investigation, report and recommendation; court may order independent investigation; costs., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-127.­html#NRS127Sec120 (accessed May 26, 2025).

127.010
Jurisdiction of district courts. 127.013
Transfer of proceedings to Indian tribe. 127.017
Extent to which court must give full faith and credit to judicial proceedings of Indian tribe. 127.018
Court order required if home state of child is Nevada 127.020
Adoption of minor children 127.030
Who may petition 127.040
Written consent to adoption or for relinquishment to authorized agency: Acknowledgment 127.043
Consent to adoption required before placement in adoptive home 127.045
Release for or consent to adoption and investigation required before appointment of guardian for child to be adopted 127.050
Agencies which may accept relinquishments and consent to adoption 127.051
Agency responsible for care of child and entitled to custody 127.052
Agency to determine whether child is Indian child 127.053
Consent to adoption: Requisites. 127.055
Consent to adoption: Attesting witnesses may make self-proving affidavits to be attached to consent. 127.057
Consent to adoption: Copy to be furnished to agency which provides child welfare services within 48 hours 127.058
Consent to adoption: Person to whom consent is given has legal custody of child until hearing on petition for adoption. 127.060
Adoption of two or more children. 127.070
Validity of releases for and consents to adoption. 127.080
Consent to specific adoption or relinquishment for adoption cannot be revoked or nullified 127.090
When consent unnecessary. 127.100
Entitlement of petitions, reports and orders. 127.110
When petition may be filed 127.120
Petition to be filed in duplicate 127.123
Notice of filing of petition to be provided legal custodian or guardian of child. 127.127
Affidavit setting forth fees, donations and expenses required to be filed 127.130
Confidentiality of reports 127.140
Confidentiality of hearings, files and records. 127.145
Attendance of prospective adoptive parents at hearing by telephone. 127.150
Order of adoption or return of child 127.152
Adopting parents to be provided with report which includes medical records and other information concerning child 127.155
Validation of certain orders and decrees. 127.157
Report of adoption, amendment or annulment of adoption to State Registrar. 127.160
Rights and duties of adopted child and adoptive parents. 127.165
When action to set aside adoption may be brought 127.171
Right to visitation of child by sibling and other relatives 127.180
Appeals from orders, judgments or decrees. 127.186
Adoption of child with special needs

May 26, 2025

§ 127.120. Petition to be filed in duplicate's source at nv​.us