NRS
128.060 Notice of hearing: Contents; personal service to certain
persons; petitioner to mail notice to Department of Human Services if
petitioner or child is receiving public assistance.
1. After a petition has been filed, unless
the party or parties to be served voluntarily appear and consent to the hearing,
the court shall direct the clerk to issue a notice, reciting briefly the
substance of the petition and stating the date set for the hearing thereof, and
requiring the person served therewith to appear before the court at the time
and place if that person desires to oppose the petition.
2. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 4 and NRS 128.070, the
following persons must be personally served with the notice:
(a) Either parent of the minor person, if his or
her place of residence is known to the petitioner, or if the place of residence
of either parent is not known to the petitioner, then the nearest known
relative of that person, if there is any residing within the State, and if his
or her residence and relationship are known to the petitioner; and
(b) The minor’s legal custodian or guardian, if
his or her place of residence is known to the petitioner.
3. If the petitioner or the child is
receiving public assistance, the petitioner shall mail a copy of the notice of
hearing and a copy of the petition to the Chief of the Child Support
Enforcement Program of the Division of Social Services of the Department of
Human Services by registered or certified mail return receipt requested at
least 45 days before the hearing.
4. A parent who delivered a child to a
provider of emergency services pursuant to NRS
432B.630 shall be deemed to have waived any right to notice pursuant to
this section.
[6:161:1953]—(NRS A 1987,
119; 1995,
2420; 2017,
682, 749,
771)
Notes of Decisions
In Re: Parental Rights as to S.A.T. (Fam.), 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 46 (Nev. 2025).
· cites it 3× “Once a petition to terminate parental rights has been filed, NRS 128.060(1) directs the clerk to issue a notice to the defending party.”
In Re: Parental Rights as to M.m.l., Jr., 2017 NV 21 (Nev. 2017).
· cites it 2× “NRS 128.060(2)(a). If his or her place of residence is unknown, then the State must serve notice on the nearest known relative if the State knows that relative's residence and relationship.”
in Re: Parental Rights as to J.E. (Nev. 2013).
· cites it 2× “The district court found that appellant misled the court into approving service by publication and made misrepresentations about the extent of her and the child's contact with respondent and her knowledge of respondent's relatives living in Clark County, Nevada.”
In Re: Parental Rights of S.L.M. (Nev. 2017).
“NRCP 4(d)(6); NRS 128.060. Appellant appeared at the initial hearing in response to the petition, opposed the petition, and acknowledged that the house where the petition and notice of hearing were served was the correct address for service.”
In Re: Parental Rights as to M.m.l., Jr., 2017 NV 21 (Nev. 2017).
“NRS 128.060(2)(a). If his or her place of residence is unknown, then the State must serve notice on the nearest known relative if the State knows that relative's residence and relationship.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 128.060(1) — 1 case
In Re: Parental Rights as to S.A.T. (Fam.), 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 46 (Nev. 2025).
“Once a petition to terminate parental rights has been filed, NRS 128.060(1) directs the clerk to issue a notice to the defending party.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 128.060(2)(a) — 3 cases
In Re: Parental Rights as to M.m.l., Jr., 2017 NV 21 (Nev. 2017).
“NRS 128.060(2)(a). If his or her place of residence is unknown, then the State must serve notice on the nearest known relative if the State knows that relative's residence and relationship.”
In Re: Parental Rights as to M.m.l., Jr., 2017 NV 21 (Nev. 2017).
“NRS 128.060(2)(a). If his or her place of residence is unknown, then the State must serve notice on the nearest known relative if the State knows that relative's residence and relationship.”
in Re: Parental Rights as to J.E. (Nev. 2013).
“The district court found that appellant misled the court into approving service by publication and made misrepresentations about the extent of her and the child's contact with respondent and her knowledge of respondent's relatives living in Clark County, Nevada.”
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