Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.285

Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 440.285 - Voluntary acknowledgment of parentage: Board to develop and distribute declarations to be signed; certain entities to provide notice concerning effect of declaration
1. The Board shall:
(a) Develop a declaration to be signed under penalty of perjury for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage in this State; and
(b) Distribute the declarations to each hospital or freestanding birthing center in this State.
2. Before providing a declaration for the acknowledgment of parentage to the person who gave birth to a child or a person who wishes to acknowledge the parentage of a child, the agencies described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 shall ensure that the person who gave birth and the person who wishes to acknowledge parentage are given notice, orally and in writing, of the rights, responsibilities and legal consequences of, and the alternatives to, signing the declaration for the acknowledgment of parentage.

NRS 440.285

Added to NRS by 2017, 250; A 2021, 3430
Amended by 2021, Ch. 517,§2, eff. 1/1/2022.
Added by 2017, Ch. 63,§11, eff. 7/1/2017.