NRS 159A.0753: Requirements; form; Secretary of State to make form available; regulations.

1. Any parent or guardian of a minor who wishes to request to nominate another person to be appointed as the guardian for the minor may do so by completing a form requesting to nominate a guardian of a minor in accordance with this section.

2. A form requesting to nominate a guardian of a minor pursuant to this section must be:

(a) Signed by the parent or guardian who is executing the form;

(b) Signed by two impartial adult witnesses who have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the estate of the minor or the parent or guardian of the minor and who attest that the parent or guardian has the mental capacity to understand and execute the form; and

(c) Notarized.

3. A nomination of a guardian of a minor made pursuant to this section may be in substantially the following form, and must be witnessed and executed in the same manner as the following form:

REQUEST TO NOMINATE GUARDIAN OF A MINOR

I, .................... (insert your name), residing at ................... (insert your address), am executing this notarized document as my written declaration and request for the person(s) designated below to be appointed as guardian for my child should it become necessary. I am advising the court and all persons and entities as follows:

1. As of the date I am executing this request to nominate a guardian for my child, I have the mental capacity to understand and execute this request.

2. This request pertains to a (circle one): (guardian of the minor)/(guardian of the estate of the minor)/(guardian of the minor and estate).

3. Should the need arise, I request that the court give my preference to the person(s) designated below to serve as the appointed guardian for my child.

4. I request that my .................... (insert relation), .................... (insert name), serve as appointed guardian of my child.

5. If .................... (insert name) is unable or unwilling to serve as my appointed guardian, then I request that my .................... (insert relation), .................... (insert name), serve as appointed guardian of my child.

6. I do not, under any circumstances, desire to have any private, for-profit guardian serve as appointed guardian of my child.

(YOU MUST DATE AND SIGN THIS DOCUMENT)

I sign my name to this document on ................. (date)

(Signature)

(YOU MUST HAVE TWO QUALIFIED ADULT WITNESSES DATE AND SIGN THIS DOCUMENT)

I declare under penalty of perjury that the principal is personally known to me, that the principal signed this request to nominate a guardian of a minor in my presence, that the principal appears to be of sound mind, has the mental capacity to understand and execute this document and is under no duress, fraud or undue influence, and that I have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the estate of the principal or minor.

(Signature of first witness)

(Print name)

(Date)

(Signature of second witness)

(Print name)

(Date)

CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NOTARY PUBLIC

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County of ................................................. }

On this .......... day of ..............., in the year ......., before me, .................... (insert name of notary public), personally appeared .................... (insert name of principal), .................... (insert name of first witness) and .................... (insert name of second witness), personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the persons whose names are subscribed to this instrument, and acknowledged that they have signed this instrument.

(Signature of notarial officer)

(Seal, if any)

4. The Secretary of State shall make the form established in subsection 3 available on the Internet website of the Secretary of State.

5. The person nominated for appointment as the guardian of a minor pursuant to this section must file a petition and obtain an appointment from the court before exercising the powers of a guardian.

6. The Secretary of State may adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.