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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 432B.070 (2026)

“Mental injury” defined

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NRS 432B.070  “Mental injury” defined.  “Mental injury” means an injury to the intellectual or psychological capacity or the emotional condition of a child as evidenced by an observable and substantial impairment of the ability of the child to function within a normal range of performance or behavior.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 1369)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2009–2020 · leading case: State v. Moran, 297 S.W.3d 100 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
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State v. Moran, 297 S.W.3d 100 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009). “See Nev.Rev.Stat. § 432B.070 (2000) (mental injury is “an injury to the intellectual or psychological capacity or the emotional condition of a child as evidenced by an observable and substantial impairment of his ability to function within his normal range of performance or…”
Rimer (stanley) Vs. State, 2015 NV 36 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 2× “" NRS 432B.070 (defining SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 12 (0) 1947A "mental injury"), referenced in NRS 200.”
Gonzales (Raul) Vs. State (Nev. 2020). “suffered mental injury of a nonaccidental nature as defined in NRS 432B.070 and thus that Gonzales committed the crime of child abuse, neglect or endangerment as to M.”
Rimer (stanley) Vs. State, 2015 NV 36 (Nev. 2015). “" NRS 432B.070 (defining SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 12 (0) 1947A "mental injury"), referenced in NRS 200.”
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