Nev. Admin. Code § 127.355

Current through December 12, 2024

Section 127.355 - List of inquiries for adoption of child with no special needs

1. A person who wishes to adopt a child with no special needs who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services may contact the agency and request to be placed on the list of inquiries.

2. An agency which provides child welfare services shall not place a person on the list of inquiries if that person has two or more children with no special needs, including biological children, stepchildren and adopted children, who:

(a) Are living with the person;

(b) Lived with the person before they reached the age of majority or were emancipated; or

(c) Lived with the person for 6 months or more during the preceding 12 months.

3. An agency which provides child welfare services shall provide to each person who has requested to be placed on the list of inquiries a written confirmation which indicates the date on which his or her name was placed on the list of inquiries.

4. A person whose name has been placed on the list of inquiries shall immediately advise the agency which provides child welfare services if he or she:

(a) Becomes a biological parent of a child;

(b) Adopts a child;

(c) Changes his or her residence; or

(d) Gets divorced or married.

5. The agency which provides child welfare services shall remove a person's name from the list of inquiries if the person:

(a) Becomes a biological parent of a child;

(b) Adopts a child through a private adoption;

(c) Adopts a child with no special needs through another adoption agency;

(d) Adopts a child through an intercountry adoption;

(e) Establishes his or her residence out of this state;

(f) Requests to be removed from the list of inquiries;

(g) Fails to respond to correspondence from the agency which provides child welfare services as requested; or

(h) Does not contact, in writing, the agency which provides child welfare services to confirm his or her interest in remaining on the list within 3 years after being placed on the list.

6. A person whose name is removed from the list of inquiries because of the birth or adoption of a child may have his or her name returned to the list of inquiries if the person is otherwise eligible pursuant to subsection 2 to be placed on the list of inquiries. A person whose name is returned to the list of inquiries pursuant to this subsection will be treated as a new inquiry.

7. As approved studies of prospective adoptive homes are needed pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC 127.390, an agency which provides child welfare services shall release names from the list of inquiries in the order of the date on which the names were placed on the list of inquiries so that the agency may initiate studies of the prospective adoptive homes.

8. As used in this section, "list of inquiries" means a list of persons who, pending a study of their prospective adoptive home, wish to adopt a child with no special needs who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services. The list will be maintained by the agency which provides child welfare services.

Nev. Admin. Code § 127.355

[Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, eff. 5-14-96; A by R056-02, 7-30-2002]-(Substituted in revision for NAC 127.310)

NRS 127.230