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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.160 (2026)

Rights and duties of adopted child and adoptive parents

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NRS 127.160  Rights and duties of adopted child and adoptive parents.  Repealed. (See chapter 239, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 1567.)

 

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1965–2022 · leading case: Birth Mother v. Adoptive Parents, 59 P.3d 1233 (Nev. 2002).
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Birth Mother v. Adoptive Parents, 59 P.3d 1233 (Nev. 2002). · cites it 18× “The district court stated that "according to NRS 127.160 an adoption completely abrogates the legal relationship between a child and his natural parents.”
State Ex Rel. Welfare Div. of the Dep't of Human Resources v. Vine, 662 P.2d 295 (Nev. 1983). · cites it 2× “Appellants note that NRS 127.160 expressly provides that entry of a final decree of adoption relieves the natural parents of all parental responsibilities for, as well as rights over, the adopted child.”
Bopp v. Lino, 885 P.2d 559 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 2× “In support of this contention, the Bopps cite to NRS 127.160 which, in pertinent part, provides: Upon the entry of an order of adoption, the child shall become the legal child of the persons adopting him, and they shall become his legal parents with all the rights and duties…”
Phillip A. C. v. Cent. Council of the Tlingit & Haida Tribes of Alaska, 149 P.3d 51 (Nev. 2006). “29 See NRS 127.160 (natural parent relieved of all parental responsibilities upon entry of order of adoption).”
Hall v. Hall, 818 S.E.2d 838 (W. Va. 2018). “110 (1) (2011) ("The termination of parental rights pursuant to this section does not terminate the right of the child to inherit from his or her parent or parents, except that the right to inherit terminates if the child is adopted as provided in NRS 127.160." (emphasis added)…”
Blount v. Blount, 2022 NV 52 (Nev. 2022). · cites it 4× “And while we recognize that NRS 127.160 (discussing rights and duties of adopted children and adoptive parents) and NRS 127.”
Rauhut v. Short, 212 A.2d 827 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1965). “See Nev. Rev. Stat. §127.160 (1958). This statute includes the provi *63 sion of inheritance by an adopted child “from his adoptive parents or their relatives” and the following additional provision: “The [adopted] child shall not owe his natural parents or their relatives any…”
Mulkern v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court of Nev., 429 P.3d 277 (Nev. 2018). “We issue this opinion in place of our prior unpublished order. NRAP 36(f). We note that nothing in this decision affects statutory provisions governing rights to confidentiality, visitation, or inheritance, see , e.”
Williams v. Mallard (Child Custody) (Nev. 2015). “Under NRS 127.160, "[a]fter a decree of adoption is entered, the natural parents of an adopted child shall be relieved of all parental responsibilities for such child, and they shall not exercise or have any rights over such adopted child.”
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