# Nevada — Filial responsibility laws by state — what each statute actually says about an adult child's liability for a parent's care For Nevada, statute is NRS 428.070; who owes the duty is The father, mother or child of sufficient financial ability, as appropriate, shall pay to the county the amount the county paid for the burial, entombment or cremation of a natural child or a natural parent; condition on the parent is a natural parent receiving county hospitalization pursuant to NRS 428.030; ability-to-pay qualifier is of sufficient financial ability; civil or criminal is civil, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31. - **State:** Nevada _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Statute:** NRS 428.070 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_ - **Who owes the duty:** The father, mother or child of sufficient financial ability, as appropriate, shall pay to the county the amount the county paid for the burial, entombment or cremation of a natural child or a natural parent. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_ - **Condition on the parent:** a natural parent receiving county hospitalization pursuant to NRS 428.030 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_ - **Ability-to-pay qualifier:** of sufficient financial ability _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_ - **Civil or criminal:** civil _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Who may bring the action:** The board of county commissioners shall advise the Attorney General of the failure of a responsible person to pay such amount and the Attorney General shall cause appropriate legal action to be taken to enforce the collection of all or part of such amount. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_ - **Defences in the statute:** The child of a natural parent receiving county hospitalization pursuant to NRS 428.030 is not liable for the amount paid by the county for that parent, except where the natural child promised to support the natural parent in writing, has access to and control of the natural parent’s assets or income and has sufficient financial ability to support the natural parent. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_ - **Limited to public assistance cases:** public assistance only _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ ## What the source says > 2. The child of a natural parent receiving county hospitalization pursuant to NRS 428.030 is not liable for the amount paid by the county for that parent, except where the natural child promised to support the natural parent in writing, has access to and control of the natural parent’s assets or income and has sufficient financial ability to support the natural parent. 3. A recipient of aid under the provisions of NRS 428.030 who later acquires sufficient financial ability so to do shall reimburse the county which extended county hospitalization to the recipient for any unpaid portion of the aid granted. Action against the relatives of such person is not a condition precedent to action against the person. 4. The father, mother or child of sufficient financial ability, as appropriate, shall pay to the county the amount the county paid for the burial, entombment or cremation of a natural child or a natural parent. ## Where each value comes from This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it. ### Statute > NRS 428.070 Responsibility of relative and recipient of aid for hospitalization provided by county: Reimbursement of county; determination of financial responsibility; action to enforce collection. ### Who owes the duty > 4. The father, mother or child of sufficient financial ability, as appropriate, shall pay to the county the amount the county paid for the burial, entombment or cremation of a natural child or a natural parent. ### Condition on the parent > 2. The child of a natural parent receiving county hospitalization pursuant to NRS 428.030 is not liable for the amount paid by the county for that parent, except where the natural child promised to support the natural parent in writing, has access to and control of the natural parent’s assets or income and has sufficient financial ability to support the natural parent. ### Ability-to-pay qualifier > 4. The father, mother or child of sufficient financial ability, as appropriate, shall pay to the county the amount the county paid for the burial, entombment or cremation of a natural child or a natural parent. ### Civil or criminal > 5. The board of county commissioners shall advise the Attorney General of the failure of a responsible person to pay such amount and the Attorney General shall cause appropriate legal action to be taken to enforce the collection of all or part of such amount. ### Who may bring the action > 5. The board of county commissioners shall advise the Attorney General of the failure of a responsible person to pay such amount and the Attorney General shall cause appropriate legal action to be taken to enforce the collection of all or part of such amount. ### Defences in the statute > 2. The child of a natural parent receiving county hospitalization pursuant to NRS 428.030 is not liable for the amount paid by the county for that parent, except where the natural child promised to support the natural parent in writing, has access to and control of the natural parent’s assets or income and has sufficient financial ability to support the natural parent. ### Limited to public assistance cases > 1. The father or mother of sufficient financial ability so to do shall pay to the county which has extended county hospitalization to any natural child under the provisions of NRS 428.030 the amount granted to such natural child. 2. The child of a natural parent receiving county hospitalization pursuant to NRS 428.030 is not liable for the amount paid by the county for that parent, except where the natural child promised to support the natural parent in writing, has access to and control of the natural parent’s assets or income and has sufficient financial ability to support the natural parent. ## Source - https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-428.html Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31. Part of [Filial responsibility laws by state — what each statute actually says about an adult child's liability for a parent's care](https://referencesource.org/filial-responsibility-laws-by-state/).