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

NRS 41.2993: Verified petition.

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  1. TITLE 3 — REMEDIES; SPECIAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
  2. CHAPTER 41 - ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN PARTICULAR CASES CONCERNING PERSONS
  3. PROCEEDINGS TO CHANGE NAMES OF NATURAL PERSONS
  4. Unemancipated Minors in Legal Custody of Agency Which Provides Child Welfare Services

1. An attorney representing an unemancipated minor in the legal custody of an agency which provides child welfare services who desires to have the name of the minor changed may file a verified petition with the clerk of the district court of the district in which the minor resides.

2. The petition must be addressed to the court and must state:

(a) The unemancipated minor’s present name;

(b) The name which the unemancipated minor will bear in the future;

(c) The reason for desiring the name change;

(d) The consent of the unemancipated minor, if over the age of 14 years;

(e) The verified consent, if any, of one or both parents of the unemancipated minor;

(f) The name and address of each parent of the unemancipated minor, if known; and

(g) Whether the unemancipated minor has been convicted of a felony.

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