Nevada 2025 Regular Session

Nevada Senate Bill SB4 Compare Versions

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7	7	SENATE BILL NO. 4–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
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9	9	(ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF CHILD AND
10	10	FAMILY SERVICES OF THE DEPARTMENT
11	11	OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES)
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13	13	PREFILED OCTOBER 8, 2024
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16	16	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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18	18	SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to consent to adoption.
19	19	(BDR 11-294)
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21	21	FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
22	22	Effect on the State: No.
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26	26	EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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29	29	AN ACT relating to adoption; authorizing certain caseworkers to
30	30	attest to a consent to a specific adoption under certain
31	31	circumstances; and providing other matters properly
32	32	relating thereto.
33	33	Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
34	34	Existing law establishes provisions governing the adoption of children. (NRS 1
35	35	127.010-127.1869) Existing law authorizes an adult to petition a court for the 2
36	36	adoption of a child and requires written consent to the specific adoption proposed 3
37	37	by the petition from each legal parent of the child and any legal guardian of the 4
38	38	child. (NRS 127.030, 127.040) Under existing law: (1) at least two witnesses must 5
39	39	attest to the consent to a specific adoption; and (2) if neither the petitioner nor the 6
40	40	spouse of the petitioner is related to the child within the third degree of 7
41	41	consanguinity, at least one of the two witnesses must be a social worker employed 8
42	42	by certain agencies. (NRS 127.053) Section 1 of this bill revises this requirement 9
43	43	by specifying that, in such cases, at least one of the two witnesses must be either a 10
44	44	social worker or a caseworker employed by certain agencies. 11
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56	56	THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
57	57	SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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59	59	Section 1. NRS 127.053 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
60	60	127.053 No consent to a specific adoption executed in this 2
61	61	State, or executed outside this State for use in this State, is valid 3
62	62	unless it: 4
63	63	1. Identifies the child to be adopted by name, if any, sex and 5
64	64	date of birth. 6
65	65	2. Is in writing and signed by the person consenting to the 7
66	66	adoption as required in this chapter. 8
67	67	3. Is acknowledged by the person consenting and signing the 9
68	68	consent to adoption in the manner and form required for 10
69	69	conveyances of real property. 11
70	70	4. Contains, at the time of execution, the name of the person or 12
71	71	persons to whom consent to adopt the child is given. 13
72	72	5. Indicates whether the person giving the consent has reason 14
73	73	to know that the child is an Indian child and, if the person does not 15
74	74	have reason to know that the child is an Indian child, includes a 16
75	75	statement that the person will inform the court immediately if, 17
76	76	before the entry of the order or decree of adoption pursuant to NRS 18
77	77	127.150, the person receives information that provides reason to 19
78	78	know that the child is an Indian child. 20
79	79	6. Is attested by at least two competent, disinterested witnesses 21
80	80	who subscribe their names to the consent in the presence of the 22
81	81	person consenting. If neither the petitioner nor the spouse of a 23
82	82	petitioner is related to the child within the third degree of 24
83	83	consanguinity, then one of the witnesses must be a social worker or 25
84	84	a caseworker employed by: 26
85	85	(a) An agency which provides child welfare services; 27
86	86	(b) An agency licensed in this state to place children for 28
87	87	adoption; 29
88	88	(c) A comparable state or county agency of another state; or 30
89	89	(d) An agency authorized under the laws of another state to 31
90	90	place children for adoption, if the natural parent resides in that state. 32
91	91	Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 33
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