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§ 424.070 — Placement of child for care or adoption; approval by Division or its designee

Nevada § 424.070
JurisdictionNevada
Title 38PUBLIC WELFARE
Ch. 424Foster
FOSTER HOMES

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 424.070 (2026).

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No person other than the parents or guardian of a child and no agency or institution in this State or from outside this State may place any child in the control or care of any person without sending notice of the pending placement and receiving approval of the placement from the Division or its designee. No such person, parent, guardian, agency or institution may place a child for adoption except as otherwise provided in chapter 127 of NRS.

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Legislative History

[3:185:1939; 1931 NCL § 1061.02]—(NRS A 1963, 910 ; 1967, 1155 ; 1973, 1406 , 1591 ; 1993, 2698 ; 2001 Special Session, 27 )

Nearby Sections

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§ 424.010
Definitions
§ 424.011
“Agency which provides child welfare services” defined
§ 424.0113
“Child” defined. [Effective on the earlier of July 1, 2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the amendatory provisions of sections 1 to 34, inclusive, of chapter 419, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 2713, and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.]
§ 424.0115
“Commercially sexually exploited child” defined
§ 424.012
“Division” defined
§ 424.013
“Family foster home” defined. [Effective until the earlier of June 30, 2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the amendatory provisions of sections 1 to 34, inclusive, of chapter 419, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 2713, and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.]
§ 424.0135
“Foster care agency” defined
§ 424.014
“Foster home” defined
§ 424.0145
“Gender identity or expression” defined
§ 424.015
“Group foster home” defined. [Effective until the earlier of June 30, 2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the amendatory provisions of sections 1 to 34, inclusive, of chapter 419, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 2713, and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.]
§ 424.0153
“Independent living foster home” defined. [Effective until the earlier of June 30, 2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the amendatory provisions of sections 1 to 34, inclusive, of chapter 419, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 2713, and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.]
§ 424.0157
“Juvenile court” defined
§ 424.016
“Licensing authority” defined
§ 424.017
“Provider of foster care” defined
§ 424.0175
“Receiving center” defined
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