Nevada Code § 126.036

Liberty interest of parent in care, custody and management of parents child is fundamental right
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1. The liberty interest of a parent in the
care, custody and management of the parents child is a fundamental right.
2. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to:
(a) Authorize a parent to engage in any unlawful
conduct or to abuse or neglect a child in violation of the laws of this State.
(b) Prohibit courts, law enforcement officers or
employees of an agency which provides child welfare services from acting in
their official capacity within the scope of their authority.
3. Except as otherwise provided by
specific statute, the provisions of this section apply to any statute, local
ordinance or regulation and the implementation of such statute, local ordinance
or regulation regardless of whether such statute, local ordinance or regulation
was adopted or effective before, on or after October 1, 2013.
4. As used in this section, agency which
provides child welfare services has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030 .

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