If the putative father of a child fails to acknowledge the child or petition to have his parental rights established in a court of competent jurisdiction before a hearing on a petition to terminate his parental rights, he is presumed to have intended to abandon the child.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 128.095

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.