Nevada

Who may adopt?
An adult person at least 10 years older than the adoptee.
Any adult.
Married persons must adopt jointly.

Consent for adoption to be executed?
Consents executed by the mother before the child's birth or within 72 hours after the birth are invalid.
The father may consent before the birth if he is not married to the mother.

Revocation of consent?
Consent by the mother to a specific adoptive placement cannot be revoked except when the adoptive family is found to be unsuitable or the placement is in violation of the law.
Consent by the father who is not married to the mother becomes invalid if:

The father marries the mother before the child is born.
The mother does not consent to adoption of the child within 6 months of the child’s birth.
No petition for adoption has been filed within 2 years of the child's birth.

Who may place a child for adoption?
The child's parent(s).
The child's guardian.
An agency that provides child welfare services.
A licensed child-placing agency.

Advertising?
An agency that provides child welfare services or any child-placing agency may publish in any newspaper published in this State or broadcast by television a photograph or any relevant personal information concerning any child who is difficult to place for adoption.
A child-placing agency shall not publish or broadcast:

Any personal information that reveals the identity of the child or his parents
A photograph or personal information of a child without the prior approval of the agency having actual custody of the child.
No person or organization, other than an agency that provides child welfare services, may advertise in any periodical or newspaper, or by radio or other public medium, that he or she will place children for adoption, or accept, provide, or obtain children for adoption, unless he or she holds a valid license to place children for adoption.

Facilitators?
No person may place, arrange the placement of, or assist in placing or in arranging the placement of, any child for adoption without securing and having in full force a license to operate a child-placing agency issued by the division. This subsection applies to agents, servants, physicians, and attorneys of parents or guardians, as well as to other persons.
This section does not prohibit a person, including a person acting in his or her professional capacity, from sharing information regarding an adoption if no money or other valuable consideration is paid.
An attorney may not receive compensation for taking part in finding children for adoption, or finding parents to adopt children.

Putative Father's Registry?
No. The putative father, if known, is served with notice of termination proceedings. The hearing is not held until the child's birth, or 6 months after the filing of the petition, whichever is later.
The putative father must appear at the proceeding and claim custodial rights.

Expenses?
Birth parent –
A person may pay medical and other necessary living expenses as long as payment is not contingent on placement of child for adoption

Department/Agency –
The division shall charge reasonable fees for services provided and for conducting any investigations required.
No fee is charged for placing a child with special needs.

Information provided in part by the Child Welfare Information Gateway.

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