Written consent to adoption or for relinquishment to authorized agency: Acknowledgment; when consent required.

NRS

127.040

Written consent to adoption or for relinquishment to authorized agency: Acknowledgment; when consent required.

1. Except as provided in NRS 127.090 , written consent to the specific adoption proposed by the petition or for relinquishment to an agency authorized to accept relinquishments acknowledged by the person or persons consenting, is required from:

(a) Each legal parent who is alive; and

(b) Any legal guardian of the person of the child appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

2. Consent is not required of a parent who has been adjudged insane for 2 years if the court is satisfied by proof that such insanity is incurable.

[4:332:1953]—(NRS A 1957, 11 ; 1971, 835 ; 1979, 1282 ; 2021, 3405 )