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AB 387 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions governing guardianship of minors. (BDR 13-869)

AB 387 revises Nevada's guardianship laws for minors, directly affecting minors, their parents, appointed guardians, courts, and legal service providers. Key changes include requiring petitioners to prove guardianship appointments by "clear and convincing evidence" (up from a lower standard), mandating guardians to maintain minors' relationships with both parents, and updating petition requirements to include more detailed care plans. The bill also revises service procedures for legal notices, expands attorney appointment rules for minors' representation, and adds visitation frequency to annual guardian reports. These changes aim to strengthen oversight and family connections in guardianship proceedings.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Signed Jun 3, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 7 edits · Jun 3, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Nevada's guardianship laws to better protect minors by clarifying who must be notified during legal proceedings, expanding requirements for care plans and budgets, and mandating that attorneys representing minors come from specific legal aid programs when available. It also strengthens protections by requiring courts to prove guardianship is in the child's best interest and ensuring guardians facilitate contact between the minor and their parents.
Scope change
The bill applies to all guardianship proceedings involving minors in Nevada, expanding its reach to include new requirements for temporary guardians and residential treatment facilities.
REQUIREMENT

Expanded the circumstances under which a proposed guardian must file a preliminary care plan and budget, and added a requirement for annual budget reviews.

Changed the burden of proof for appointing a guardian to require 'clear and convincing evidence' that the decision is in the minor's best interest.

Required guardians to facilitate appropriate contact between the minor and their parents under certain circumstances.

Updated annual reporting requirements to include the frequency of visitation between the minor and their parents.

ELIGIBILITY

Mandated that if a court appoints an attorney for a minor in a jurisdiction with established legal service programs, the attorney must be selected from that program.

Expanded the definition of vexatious litigants to include acts involving a parent of a protected minor.

SCOPE

Extended certain facility placement requirements from long-term care facilities to those providing residential treatment.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2025 · Assembly Apr 21, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 21, 2025
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Jun 3, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 253.
executive
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment No. 577 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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