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Nev.
Admin. Code ch. 127, § 425
NEVADA
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
CHAPTER
127. ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
AGENCIES
WHICH PROVIDE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
PLACEMENT
OF CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION
NAC
127.425 Prospective adopted child who is American Indian. (NRS 127.052)
1. If an agency which provides child welfare services 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. An agency which provides child welfare services 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 agency which provides child welfare services shall record, in
writing, the information provided by a parent pursuant to this
subsection.
(Added
to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by
R056-02, eff. 7-30-2002)
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