Existing law establishes various procedures relating to the adoption of children. (Chapter 127 of NRS) Sections 48-153, 155-215 and 239 of this bill remove, repeal, reenact, revise, reorganize and establish provisions related to the adoption of children. Specifically, sections 1-153 and 155-215 of this bill make various changes to provide: (1) general provisions applicable to the adoption of children, regardless of the type of adoption; (2) provisions governing the adoption of children in the custody of agencies which provide child welfare services; (3) provisions governing confirmatory adoptions and readoptions; (4) provisions governing close-family adoptions; and (5) provisions governing agency adoptions, identified adoptions and adult adoptions. Sections 2-46 encompass the general provisions applicable to all types of adoptions. Sections 3-29 establish various definitions applicable to adoption proceedings. Section 239 repeals various provisions of general applicability, including certain provisions related to the State Register of Adoptions, provisions governing adoption procedures, provisions concerning the licensing of child-placing agencies and provisions related to certain prohibited conduct. Sections 33-46 reenact similar or revised provisions for the purpose of placement in the general applicability provisions. Sections 171-173, 175-177, 183, 185-188, 190, 192, 194, 196-199, 208-212 and 239 generally remove and repeal various provisions related to the adoption of children in the custody of agencies which provide child welfare services and close-family adoptions, thereby retaining the procedures related to agency adoptions and identified adoptions in chapter 127 of NRS. Sections 2-46 reenact similar, revised or new provisions for the purpose of establishing provisions that independently govern adoptions facilitated by agencies which provide child welfare services. Additionally, sections 116-153 reenact similar, revised or new provisions for the purpose of establishing independent procedures governing close-family adoptions. Sections 108-111 establish procedures for confirmatory adoptions for the purpose of authorizing a petitioner to confirm the parentage of a child under certain circumstances. Sections 112 and 113 establish procedures for readoption which authorize certain persons who adopt a child through intercountry adoption to petition the court to readopt the child. Existing law establishes the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance. (NRS 127.330, 127.410) Section 236 of this bill directs the Legislative Counsel, in the next reprint of the Nevada Revised Statutes, to cause the transfer of each Compact to a new chapter of NRS, respectively. Finally, existing law authorizes an adult to adopt another adult under certain circumstances and establishes various procedural requirements related to such adoptions. (NRS 127.005, 127.190-127.210) Sections 201-203 of this bill make various changes relating to the adoption of adults. Sections 154 and 216-235 of this bill make conforming changes related to the reorganization of the provisions governing adoption.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 125E.210, 127.005, 127.007, 127.008, 127.009, 127.010, 127.018, 127.020, 127.030, 127.040, 127.041, 127.043, 127.045, 127.050, 127.051, 127.052, 127.053, 127.055, 127.058, 127.060, 127.070, 127.090, 127.110, 127.115, 127.120, 127.123, 127.127, 127.140, 127.145, 127.150, 127.151, 127.152, 127.157, 127.160, 127.165, 127.171, 127.186, 127.1861, 127.1863, 127.187, 127.1875, 127.188, 127.1885, 127.189, 127.1895, 127.190, 127.200, 127.210, 127.220, 127.230, 127.240, 127.280, 127.2805, 127.281, 127.2815, 127.2817, 127.2825, 127.2827, 127.283, 127.285, 127.287, 127.290, 127.300, 127.310, 128.110, 3.223, 19.034, 19.050, 41.509, 134.190, 200.4685, 232.320, 239.010, 424.047, 424.070, 432.0125, 432B.190, 432B.393, 432B.397, 432B.580, 440.310, 442.400, 449.245
Reprint 1: 125E.210, 127.005, 127.018, 127.020, 127.030, 127.040, 127.041, 127.043, 127.045, 127.053, 127.055, 127.058, 127.070, 127.090, 127.110, 127.120, 127.123, 127.127, 127.130, 127.145, 127.150, 127.151, 127.152, 127.155, 127.157, 127.165, 127.186, 127.1861, 127.1863, 127.187, 127.1875, 127.188, 127.1885, 127.189, 127.1895, 127.190, 127.200, 127.210, 127.220, 127.230, 127.280, 127.2805, 127.281, 127.2815, 127.2817, 127.2825, 127.2827, 127.287, 128.110, 3.223, 19.034, 19.050, 41.509, 134.190, 200.465, 200.4685, 232.320, 239.010, 424.047, 424.070, 432.0125, 432B.190, 432B.393, 432B.397, 432B.580, 440.310, 442.400, 449.245
BDR: 125E.210, 127.005, 127.007, 127.008, 127.009, 127.010, 127.018, 127.020, 127.030, 127.040, 127.041, 127.043, 127.045, 127.050, 127.051, 127.052, 127.053, 127.055, 127.058, 127.060, 127.070, 127.090, 127.110, 127.115, 127.120, 127.123, 127.127, 127.140, 127.145, 127.150, 127.151, 127.152, 127.157, 127.160, 127.165, 127.171, 127.186, 127.1861, 127.1863, 127.187, 127.1875, 127.188, 127.1885, 127.189, 127.1895, 127.190, 127.200, 127.210, 127.220, 127.230, 127.240, 127.280, 127.2805, 127.281, 127.2815, 127.2817, 127.2825, 127.2827, 127.283, 127.285, 127.287, 127.290, 127.300, 127.310, 128.110, 3.223, 19.034, 19.050, 41.509, 134.190, 200.4685, 232.320, 239.010, 424.047, 424.070, 432.0125, 432B.190, 432B.393, 432B.397, 432B.580, 440.310, 442.400, 449.245