NRS 127.2805
Investigation of prospective adoptive parents.

1.

The agency which provides child welfare services or a child-placing agency shall, within 60 days after receipt of confirmation of the natural parents’ intent to place the child for adoption and a completed application for adoption from the prospective adoptive parents, complete an investigation of the medical, mental, financial and moral backgrounds of the prospective adoptive parents to determine the suitability of the home for placement of the child for adoption. The investigation must also embrace any other relevant factor relating to the qualifications of the prospective adoptive parents and may be a substitute for the investigation required to be conducted by the agency which provides child welfare services on behalf of the court when a petition for adoption is pending, if the petition for adoption is filed within 6 months after the completion of the investigation required by this subsection. If a child-placing agency undertakes the investigation, it shall provide progress reports to the agency which provides child welfare services in such a format and at such times as the agency which provides child welfare services requires to ensure that the investigation will be completed within the 60-day period. If, at any time, the agency which provides child welfare services determines that it is unlikely that the investigation will be completed in a timely manner, the agency which provides child welfare services shall take over the investigation and complete it within the 60-day period or as soon thereafter as practicable.

2.

If the placement is to be made in a home outside of this state, the agency which provides child welfare services or child-placing agency must receive a copy of a report, completed by the appropriate authority, of an investigation of the home and the medical, mental, financial and moral backgrounds of the prospective adoptive parents to determine the suitability of the home for placement of the child for adoption, unless the child and one of the prospective adoptive parents are related within the third degree of consanguinity.

Source: Section 127.2805 — Investigation of prospective adoptive parents., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-127.­html#NRS127Sec2805.

127.220
Definitions. 127.230
Standards for and regulation of child-placing agencies 127.240
License: Requirement 127.250
License: Application 127.270
License: Refusal to issue or renew 127.275
Fees for services provided by agency which provides child welfare services. 127.280
Requirements for placement of child in home of prospective parents for trial period 127.281
Search for criminal record of prospective adoptive parent. 127.282
Petition for order to restrain and enjoin violation or threatened violation of chapter 127.283
Publication or broadcast of information concerning child. 127.285
Limitation on participation of attorneys in adoption proceedings 127.287
Payment to or acceptance by natural parent of compensation in return for placement for or consent to adoption of child. 127.288
Penalty for unlawful payment to or acceptance by natural parent of compensation. 127.290
Acceptance of fees or compensation for placing or arranging placement of child. 127.300
Penalty for receipt of compensation by unlicensed person for placing or arranging placement of child. 127.310
Unlawful placement or advertising 127.2805
Investigation of prospective adoptive parents. 127.2815
Placement of child during investigation 127.2817
Criteria for determination of suitability of prospective adoptive home 127.2825
Child-placing agency required to give preference to placement of child with siblings of child. 127.2827
Orders for visitation with sibling of child in custody of agency which provides child welfare services: Previous orders of such visitation to be provided to court during adoption proceedings
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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