NRS127.045. Release for or consent to adoption and investigation required before appointment of guardian for child to be adopted; exception.

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      1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, until a valid release for or consent to adoption is executed by the mother as provided by NRS 127.070 and the investigation required by NRS 127.2805 is completed, no person may:

      (a) Petition any court for the appointment of a guardian; or

      (b) Be appointed the temporary guardian,

Ê of the person of the child to be adopted.

      2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to any person who is related or whose spouse is related to the child within the third degree of consanguinity.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 530; A 1993, 70)

                    
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