Validity of releases for and consents to adoption.

NRS

127.070

Validity of releases for and consents to adoption.

1. All releases for and consents to adoption executed in this state by the parent who gave birth to a child before the birth of the child or within 72 hours after the birth of the child are invalid.

2. A release for or consent to adoption may be executed by a parent before the birth of a child if the parent is not married to the parent who gave birth to the child. A release executed under this subsection becomes invalid if:

(a) The parents of the child marry each other before the child is born;

(b) The parent who gave birth to the child does not execute a release for or consent to adoption of the child within 6 months after the birth of the child; or

(c) No petition for adoption of the child has been filed within 2 years after the birth of the child.

[7:332:1953]—(NRS A 1979, 1283 ; 1987, 2050 ; 1989, 531 ; 2021, 3405 )