Nevada Revised Statutes 127.053 – Consent to adoption: Requisites
No consent to a specific adoption executed in this State, or executed outside this State for use in this State, is valid unless it:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 127.053
- Agency which provides child welfare services: has the meaning ascribed to it in Nevada Revised Statutes 127.003
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Indian child: has the meaning ascribed to it in Nevada Revised Statutes 127.003
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
1. Identifies the child to be adopted by name, if any, sex and date of birth.
2. Is in writing and signed by the person consenting to the adoption as required in this chapter.
3. Is acknowledged by the person consenting and signing the consent to adoption in the manner and form required for conveyances of real property.
4. Contains, at the time of execution, the name of the person or persons to whom consent to adopt the child is given.
5. Indicates whether the person giving the consent has reason to know that the child is an Indian child and, if the person does not have reason to know that the child is an Indian child, includes a statement that the person will inform the court immediately if, before the entry of the order or decree of adoption pursuant to NRS 127.150, the person receives information that provides reason to know that the child is an Indian child.
6. Is attested by at least two competent, disinterested witnesses who subscribe their names to the consent in the presence of the person consenting. If neither the petitioner nor the spouse of a petitioner is related to the child within the third degree of consanguinity, then one of the witnesses must be a social worker employed by:
(a) An agency which provides child welfare services;
(b) An agency licensed in this state to place children for adoption;
(c) A comparable state or county agency of another state; or
(d) An agency authorized under the laws of another state to place children for adoption, if the natural parent resides in that state.