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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.040 (2026)

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

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NRS 127.040  Written consent to adoption or for relinquishment to authorized agency: Acknowledgment; when consent required.  [Replaced in revision by NRS 127C.230.]

 

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1958–2014 · leading case: Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, 570 U.S. 637 (2013).
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, 570 U.S. 637 (2013). · cites it 4× “40, §1510 (West 1977) (same); Nev. Rev. Stat. §§127.040 , 127.090 (1971) (same); R.”
Las Vegas Sun, Inc. v. Franklin, 329 P.2d 867 (Nev. 1958). · cites it 2× “The applicable sections of our statutes in pertinent part read as follows: NRS 127.040. “Written consent to the specific adoption proposed by the petition,” sworn to “by the person or persons consenting, shall be required from .”
Aslin v. Seamon, 587 P.2d 875 (Kan. 1978). “Nevada: Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.040 . 10. North Carolina: N.”
Birth Mother v. Adoptive Parents, 60 P.3d 485 (Nev. 2002). “” 9 A specific adoption, governed by NRS 127.040, occurs where the natural parent directly selects the adopting parents.”
Turner v. Saka, 518 P.2d 608 (Nev. 1974). “Consent to adoption may be given by “[t]he mother only of a child bom out of wedlock except that if parental rights have been established in a court of competent jurisdiction by the father of such a child, pursuant to NRS 41.”
Blanchard Ex Rel. Blanchard v. Nevada State Welfare Dep't, 542 P.2d 737 (Nev. 1975). “The statute provides that a valid relinquishment may be effectuated only when signed by both parents unless one parent is dead, the child was born out of wedlock, a guardian has been judicially appointed or one parent had been adjudged insane for a period of at least two years.…”
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (2013). · cites it 2× “40, §1510 (West 1977) (same); Nev. Rev. Stat. §§127.040 , 127.090 (1971) (same); R.”
Turner v. Saka, 546 P.2d 233 (Nev. 1976). · cites it 2× “3 The district court consolidated the proceedings and, there being no dispute as to respondent Saka’s paternity, the district court granted his petition, and thereupon denied appellants’ petition because Saka had not consented to the adoption as required by NRS 127.040(1) (c).…”
Shepherd v. Scott (Nev. 2014). “See NRS 127.040(1) (requiring consent to adopt from both parents).”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.040(1) — 2 cases
Turner v. Saka, 546 P.2d 233 (Nev. 1976). “3 The district court consolidated the proceedings and, there being no dispute as to respondent Saka’s paternity, the district court granted his petition, and thereupon denied appellants’ petition because Saka had not consented to the adoption as required by NRS 127.040(1) (c).…”
Shepherd v. Scott (Nev. 2014). “See NRS 127.040(1) (requiring consent to adopt from both parents).”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.040(1)(a) — 1 case
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, 570 U.S. 637 (2013). “40, §1510 (West 1977) (same); Nev. Rev. Stat. §§127.040 , 127.090 (1971) (same); R.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.040(c) — 1 case
Turner v. Saka, 518 P.2d 608 (Nev. 1974). “Consent to adoption may be given by “[t]he mother only of a child bom out of wedlock except that if parental rights have been established in a court of competent jurisdiction by the father of such a child, pursuant to NRS 41.”
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