127.043  Consent to adoption required before placement in adoptive home; exception.

1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a child must not be placed in an adoptive home until a valid release for or consent to adoption is executed by the mother as provided by NRS 127.070.

2.  The provisions of this section do not apply if one petitioner or the spouse of a petitioner is related to the child within the third degree of consanguinity.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 530)