NRS 127D.430 Petition to prove existence of agreement or enforce, modify or terminate agreement; notice and hearing.

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1. A parent who has entered into an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact pursuant to NRS 127D.400 may, for good cause shown:

(a)Petition the court that entered the order of adoption of the child to prove the existence of the agreement that provides for postadoptive contact and to request that the agreement be incorporated into the order of adoption; and

(b)During the period set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 127D.440 , petition the court that entered the order of adoption of the child to enforce the terms of the agreement that provides for postadoptive contact if the agreement complies with the requirements of subsection 2 of NRS 127D.400 .

2. An adoptive parent who has entered into an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact pursuant to NRS 127D.400 may:

(a)During the period set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 127D.440 , petition the court that entered the order of adoption of the child to enforce the terms of the agreement that provides for postadoptive contact if the agreement complies with the requirements of subsection 2 of NRS 127D.400 ; and

(b)Petition the court that entered the order of adoption of the child to modify or terminate the agreement that provides for postadoptive contact in the manner set forth in NRS 127D.450 .

3. A petition filed pursuant to this section must be:

(a)Filed under the same case number as the proceeding for adoption;

(b)Served by the parent or adoptive parent who filed the petition using certified or registered mail with return receipt requested, or if elected by any of the parties to the postadoptive contact agreement to receive service by alternate means through electronic mail, upon each other parent or adoptive parent, as applicable, who has entered into the agreement that provides for postadoptive contact at the address provided pursuant to subsection 4 or 5 of NRS 127D.400 ; and

(c)Heard by:

(1)If available, the judge who issued the order of adoption of the child;

(2)If the judge described in subparagraph

(1)is unavailable and if a family court has been established in the judicial district, a judge of the family court; or

(3)If the judge described in subparagraph

(1)is unavailable and if a family court has not been established in the judicial district, any district judge of the judicial district.