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Nev.
Admin. Code ch. 127, § 245
NEVADA
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
CHAPTER
127. ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
CHILD-PLACING
AGENCIES
PLACEMENT
OF CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION
NAC 127.245 Prospective adopted
child who is American Indian. (NRS 127.052)
1. If a child-placing agency
has reason to believe that a child under consideration for adoption is
an Indian child, the agency shall consult and comply with the requirements
of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
2. A child-placing agency
shall ask a biological parent of a child who is under consideration for
adoption whether the child is an Indian child. If the parent indicates
that the child is or may be an Indian child, the agency shall ask the
parent to provide the following information:
(a) The name and
location of the tribe to which the child belongs;
(b) The enrollment
number of the child, if the tribe to which the child belongs
has assigned such a number;
(c) Whether the child
has resided or been domiciled on a reservation or has been a ward of a
tribal court;
(d) The name, including
the maiden name, if any, and the enrollment number of each Indian relative
of the child, including, without limitation, the parents and grandparents
of the child, if the tribe to which the relative belongs has assigned
such a number; and
(e) If the child
is an Alaskan native, the name of the child's village or regional corporation.
The child-placing agency shall
record, in writing, the information provided by a parent pursuant to this
subsection.
(Added to NAC by Div. of Child
& Fam. Services, eff. 11-23-93; A 8-30-96; R056- 02, 7-30-2002)
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