NRS127.145. Attendance of prospective adoptive parents at hearing by telephone.

      1.  The prospective adoptive parents may attend by telephone, in lieu of attending in person, any hearings held by the court concerning the petition for adoption if:

      (a) The prospective adoptive parents reside in another state or jurisdiction;

      (b) The petition for adoption is filed for the adoption of a child who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services or a child-placing agency licensed by the Division pursuant to this chapter; and

      (c) A representative of the agency responsible for supervising the child in the state where the child will be placed appears at the hearing by telephone.

      2.  The appearance of the prospective adoptive parents and the representative of the agency described in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 must occur at the office of the agency or at the home of the prospective adoptive parents, as determined by the agency.

      3.  If the prospective adoptive parents are attending a hearing by telephone pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall place the telephone call to a telephone number known to be a telephone number of the agency described in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 or of the prospective adoptive parents.

      (Added to NRS by 2011, 144)