127.070 - Validity of releases for and consents to adoption.

127.070  Validity of releases for and consents to adoption.

      1.  All releases for and consents to adoption executed in this state by the mother before the birth of a child or within 72 hours after the birth of a child are invalid.

      2.  A release for or consent to adoption may be executed by the father before the birth of the child if the father is not married to the mother. A release executed by the father becomes invalid if:

      (a) The father of the child marries the mother of the child before the child is born;

      (b) The mother of the child does not execute a release for or consent to adoption of the child within 6 months after the birth of the child; or

      (c) No petition for adoption of the child has been filed within 2 years after the birth of the child.

      [7:332:1953]—(NRS A 1979, 1283; 1987, 2050; 1989, 531)