Waiver or reduction of fees for adoption services

NAC 127.321 Waiver or reduction of fees for adoption services. ( NRS 127.230 , 127.275 ) 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall not charge a fee for adoption services which it provides if: (a) The child to be adopted is a child with special needs; (b) The child to be adopted is related, within the third degree of consanguinity, to the prospective adoptive parent; or (c) The prospective adoptive parent is the stepparent of the child to be adopted. 2. The board of county commissioners in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall develop and make available to the public policies that provide for the waiver and reduction of adoption fees pursuant to NRS 127.275 for the agency which provides child welfare services in that county. 3. The Division will develop and make available to the public policies that provide for the waiver or reduction of adoption fees for an agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is less than 100,000 pursuant to NRS 127.275 . (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, eff. 5-14-96; A by R056-02, 7-30-2002)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 127.330)