NAC127.465. Relinquishment of child for adoption.

     1. Before an agency which provides child welfare services accepts a relinquishment of a child for adoption by a biological parent, the agency shall comply with the requirements of NAC 127.425 and, if the agency determines that the child is not an Indian child:

     (a) Discuss with the parent the alternatives for keeping the child, and determine that the parent is prepared to relinquish his or her rights and responsibilities regarding the child.

     (b) Assist the parent in reaching a decision regarding the most favorable plan of action for both the parent and the child, and determine the services necessary to carry out that plan.

     (c) If appropriate, inform the parent that rights of visitation may be granted to certain relatives pursuant to NRS 125C.050.

     (d) Ensure that the parent has had ample time and received ample counseling to consider all the implications of his or her decision. An agency which provides child welfare services shall not accept such a relinquishment within 72 hours after the birth of the child.

     (e) Ensure that the relinquishment is:

          (1) Executed in the presence of and acknowledged before a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths in this state; and

          (2) Attested by at least two competent and disinterested witnesses, including at least one social worker employed by a child-placing agency or an agency which provides child welfare services, who subscribe their names to the relinquishment in the presence of the relinquishing parent.

     2. An agency which provides child welfare services shall provide a relinquishing parent with a copy of his or her relinquishment of a child for adoption.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R056-02, eff. 7-30-2002)