Champagne v. WELFARE DIV. OF NEV. STATE DEPT.

OPINION

By the Court,

Springer, J.:

This opinion considers four appeals in which the parental rights of fathers and mothers have been permanently terminated by judicial decree. Severance of parental rights is an exercise of awesome power, a power which we “question closely” as we consider the four cases before us. Casper v. Huber, 85 Nev. 474, 477, 456 P.2d 436, 438 (1969).

TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS: APPLICABLE LAW

NRS 128.110 authorizes the courts to terminate the legal relationship of parent and child “upon finding grounds” set out in the statute. NRS 128.105 1 provides that a termination…