1.  A natural parent who has entered into an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact pursuant to NRS 127.187 may, for good cause shown:

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(a) Petition the court that entered the order or decree 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 or decree of adoption; and

(b) During the period set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 127.189, petition the court that entered the order or decree 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 127.187.

2.  An adoptive parent who has entered into an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact pursuant to NRS 127.187 may:

(a) During the period set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 127.189, petition the court that entered the order or decree 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 127.187; and

(b) Petition the court that entered the order or decree of adoption of the child to modify or terminate the agreement that provides for postadoptive contact in the manner set forth in NRS 127.1895.

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 natural parent or adoptive parent who filed the petition using registered mail upon each other natural 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 127.187; and

(c) Heard by:

(1) If he or she is available, the judge who issued the order or decree 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.