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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.171 (2026)

Right to visitation of child by sibling and other relatives; limitations

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NRS 127.171  Right to visitation of child by sibling and other relatives; limitations.  Repealed. (See chapter 239, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 1567.)

 

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2022 · leading case: Bopp v. Lino, 885 P.2d 559 (Nev. 1994).
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Bopp v. Lino, 885 P.2d 559 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 11× “NRS 127.171 provides: 1. In a proceeding for the adoption of a child, the court may grant a reasonable right to visit to certain relatives of the child only if a similar right had been granted previously pursuant to NRS 125A.”
Vest v. State Ex Rel. New Mexico Human Servs. Dep't, 866 P.2d 1175 (N.M. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 4× “," see Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 127.171 (2) (Michie 1993), our task and that of the district *1186 court would have been easier.”
State, Div. of Child & Fam. Servs. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court ex rel. Cnty. of Clark, 81 P.3d 512 (Nev. 2003). “DCFS also contends that NRS 127.171 cuts off visitation rights by the adoptee’s natural relatives if visitation was not previously granted under NRS 125C.”
Williams v. Mallard (Child Custody) (Nev. 2015). · cites it 7× “2d at 562 , In commenting on NRS 127.171, this court stated [i]f the district court already had unfettered jurisdiction to grant visitation rights after an adoption, the Nevada Legislature would not have enacted NRS 127.”
Blount v. Blount, 2022 NV 52 (Nev. 2022). · cites it 4× “160 (discussing rights and duties of adopted children and adoptive parents) and NRS 127.171 (discussing rights to visitation by relatives following a child’s adoption) could be read to conflict with NRS 125A.”
State, Div. Child & Fam. Serv. v. Dist. Ct., 81 P.3d 512 (Nev. 2003). “DCFS also contends that NRS 127.171 cuts off visitation *514 rights by the adoptee's natural relatives if visitation was not previously granted under NRS 125C.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.171(1)(b) — 1 case
Williams v. Mallard (Child Custody) (Nev. 2015). “2d at 562 , In commenting on NRS 127.171, this court stated [i]f the district court already had unfettered jurisdiction to grant visitation rights after an adoption, the Nevada Legislature would not have enacted NRS 127.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.171(2) — 2 cases
Vest v. State Ex Rel. New Mexico Human Servs. Dep't, 866 P.2d 1175 (N.M. Ct. App. 1993). “," see Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 127.171 (2) (Michie 1993), our task and that of the district *1186 court would have been easier.”
Bopp v. Lino, 885 P.2d 559 (Nev. 1994). “NRS 127.171 provides: 1. In a proceeding for the adoption of a child, the court may grant a reasonable right to visit to certain relatives of the child only if a similar right had been granted previously pursuant to NRS 125A.”
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