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- 83rd Session (2025)
Senate Bill No. 4–Committee on Judiciary
CHAPTER..........
AN ACT relating to adoption; authorizing certain caseworkers to
attest to a consent to a specific adoption under certain
circumstances; and providing other matters properly re lating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law establishes provisions governing the adoption of children. (NRS
127.010-127.1869) Existing law authorizes an adult to petition a court for the
adoption of a child and requires written consent to t he specific adoption proposed
by the petition from each legal parent of the child and any legal guardian of the
child. (NRS 127.030, 127.040) Under existing law: (1) at least two witnesses must
attest to the consent to a specific adoption; and (2) if neith er the petitioner nor the
spouse of the petitioner is related to the child within the third degree of
consanguinity, at least one of the two witnesses must be a social worker employed
by certain agencies. (NRS 127.053) Section 1 of this bill revises this requirement
by specifying that, in such cases, at least one of the two witnesses must be either a
social worker or a caseworker employed by certain agencies.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 127.053 is hereby amended to read as follows:
127.053 No consent to a specific adoption executed in this
State, or executed outside this State for use in this State, is valid
unless it:
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 pro vides reason to
know that the child is an Indian child.
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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 or
a caseworker employed by:
(a) An agency which provides child welfare services;
(b) An agency licensed in this state to place ch ildren 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.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.
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