127.187 - Requirements; court to retain jurisdiction; no effect on rights of adoptive parent as legal parent. - Nevada Statutes

127.187  Requirements; court to retain jurisdiction; no effect on rights of adoptive parent as legal parent.

      1.  The natural parent or parents and the prospective adoptive parent or parents of a child to be adopted may enter into an enforceable agreement that provides for postadoptive contact between:

      (a) The child and his or her natural parent or parents;

      (b) The adoptive parent or parents and the natural parent or parents; or

      (c) Any combination thereof.

      2.  An agreement that provides for postadoptive contact is enforceable if the agreement:

      (a) Is in writing and signed by the parties; and

      (b) Is incorporated into an order or decree of adoption.

      3.  The identity of a natural parent is not required to be included in an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact. If such information is withheld, an agent who may receive service of process for the natural parent must be provided in the agreement.

      4.  A court that enters an order or decree of adoption which incorporates an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact shall retain jurisdiction to enforce, modify or terminate the agreement that provides for postadoptive contact until:

      (a) The child reaches 18 years of age;

      (b) The child becomes emancipated; or

      (c) The agreement is terminated.

      5.  The establishment of an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact does not affect the rights of an adoptive parent as the legal parent of the child as set forth in NRS 127.160.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 1679)