Statute 127 043

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a child must not be placed in an adoptive home until a valid release for or consent to adoption is executed by the parent who gave birth to the child as provided by NRS 127.070. 2. The provisions of this section do not apply if one or more of the existing legal parents is a petitioner or the petitioner is related to the child within the third degree of consanguinity. (Added to NRS by 1989, 530; A 2021, 3405)