616.615 as NRS 616C.505 in 1995. 2 Over the last century, most revisions to NRS 616C.505 involved increases in the allowed amount of payment to dependents. See 1949 Nev. Stat., ch. 323, § 59, at 662-65; 1973 Nev. Stat., ch. 389, § 6, at 533-35. In 1991, the Legislature ceased using the terms “widow” and “widower” and replaced them with the term “surviving spouse.” See 1991 Nev. Stat., ch. 307, § 2, at 804-05. 3 NRS 616C.070(1) provides that natural, posthumous or adopted children are conclusively presumed to be totally dependent on the deceased employee for purposes of receiving compensation if there is no surviving spouse. 4 See, e.g., NRS 6160.505(13) (defining surviving spouse), NRS 616C.070 (defining those conclusively presumed dependent upon deceased employee), and NRS Chapter 134 (<HOLDING>). 5 See Hearing on S.B. 316 Before the Senate
recognizing the relationships between a decedent and his or her parents and siblings holding academic records of siblings admissible based on expert affidavit stating that a possible connection existed between the neurological problems of the plaintiff and those of her siblings which would support a defense that the injuries sustained by the plaintiff have a genetic cause recognizing emotional bond between foster parents and child although ultimately determining foster parents did not have rights of parents in dependency action under chapter 2644 rcw recognizing that postadoption visitation limited to when adoptive parents are grandparents siblings or foster parents holding that a parents right to the care custody companionship and management of his or her child is a fundamental right protected by the federal and state constitutions