NRS 340.080 - Waiver of right to file objections; determination by court of issues raised by objections filed; appointment of guardian ad litem for legally incompetent persons.

NV Rev Stat § 340.080 (2019) (N/A)
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1. All persons who have not filed written objections with the court prior to the time of the hearing specified in the notice prescribed by NRS 340.070, shall be deemed to have waived the right to file objections as to the sufficiency and validity of the petition, the proceedings and the relief sought thereby, and as to the right of the petitioner to take title and possession prior to final judgment, as authorized by NRS 340.160.

2. The court, at the time specified in the notice, after hearing and determining all issues of fact and law raised by the objections which have been filed, if any there be, shall enter a final judgment with respect to such issues, and thereafter there shall remain for determination only the amount of the compensation to be paid and the persons entitled thereto.

3. If any infant or other person under a legal disability shall not have appeared in the proceedings by his or her duly authorized legal representative, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent such person’s interest in the proceedings before the special master.

[8:135:1935; 1931 NCL § 6179.28]