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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 128.014: “Neglected child” defined.

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  1. TITLE 11 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  2. CHAPTER 128 - TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

“Neglected child” includes a child:

1. Who lacks the proper parental care by reason of the fault or habits of his or her parent, guardian or custodian;

2. Whose parent, guardian or custodian neglects or refuses to provide proper or necessary subsistence, education, medical or surgical care, or other care necessary for the child’s health, morals or well-being;

3. Whose parent, guardian or custodian neglects or refuses to provide the special care made necessary by the child’s physical or mental condition;

4. Who is found in a disreputable place, or who is permitted to associate with vagrants or vicious or immoral persons; or

5. Who engages or is in a situation dangerous to life or limb, or injurious to health or morals of the child or others,

Ê and the parent’s neglect need not be willful.

Collected 2026-09-03T05:51:32Z. Source file · JSON

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