State v. Bill

*276OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, J.:

The subject of this action is a foundling child who was abandoned in a garbage container in Battle Mountain, Lander County, Nevada.

On September 8, 1972, the Third Judicial District Court, which encompasses Lander County, ordered that the juvenile master of Lander County be granted the physical care, custody and control of the child along with the power to make “such provisions for said child as its best interests shall indicate.” The order further stated that care, custody and control of the child “be assigned to the Nevada State Welfare Department [welfare…