159.049 - Appointment without issuance of citation.
159.049 Appointment without issuance of citation. The court may, without issuing a citation, appoint a guardian for the proposed ward if the petitioner is a parent who has sole legal and physical custody of the proposed ward as evidenced by a valid court order or birth certificate and who is seeking the appointment of a guardian for the minor child of the parent. If the proposed ward is a minor who is 14 years of age or older:
1. The petition must be accompanied by the written consent of the minor to the appointment of the guardian; or
2. The minor must consent to the appointment of the guardian in open court.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 414; A 1981, 1934; 1997, 1194; 2003, 1776; 2009, 1648)