2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 4 - Child Abuse and Neglect

Section 32A-4-1 - Short title. - Chapter 32A, Article 4 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 32A-4-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Abuse and Neglect Act: A. "abandonment"...

Section 32A-4-3 - Duty to report child abuse and child neglect; responsibility to investigate child abuse or neglect; penalty; notification of plan of care. - A. Every person, including a licensed physician; a resident or...

Section 32A-4-4 - Complaints; referral; preliminary inquiry. - A. Reports alleging neglect or abuse shall be referred to...

Section 32A-4-4.1 - Multilevel response system. - A. The department shall establish a multilevel response system to...

Section 32A-4-5 - Admissibility of report in evidence; immunity of reporting person; investigation of report. - A. In any proceeding alleging neglect or abuse under the...

Section 32A-4-6 - Taking into custody; penalty. - A. A child may be held or taken into custody:...

Section 32A-4-7 - Release or delivery from custody. - A. A person taking a child into custody shall, with...

Section 32A-4-8 - Place of temporary custody. - A. Unless a child alleged to be neglected or abused...

Section 32A-4-9 - Indian child placement; preferences. - A. An Indian child accepted for foster care or pre-adoptive...

Section 32A-4-10 - Basic rights. - A. A child subject to the provisions of the Children's...

Section 32A-4-11 - Use immunity. - A. At any stage of a proceeding under the Abuse...

Section 32A-4-12 - Protective orders. - A. At any stage of a proceeding under the Abuse...

Section 32A-4-13 - Contempt power. - A. At any stage of a proceeding under the Abuse...

Section 32A-4-14 - Change in placement. - A. When the child's placement is changed, including a return...

Section 32A-4-15 - Petition; authorization to file. - A petition alleging neglect or abuse shall not be filed...

Section 32A-4-16 - Ex-parte custody orders. - A. At the time a petition is filed or any...

Section 32A-4-17 - Summons; content. - In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 32-1-11...

Section 32A-4-17.1 - Notice to grandparents and relatives. - Within thirty days after a child is taken into custody...

Section 32A-4-18 - Custody hearings; time limitations; notice; probable cause. - A. When a child alleged to be neglected or abused...

Section 32A-4-19 - Adjudicatory hearings; time limitations. - A. The adjudicatory hearing in a neglect or abuse proceeding...

Section 32A-4-20 - Conduct of hearings; findings; dismissal; dispositional matters; penalty. - A. The proceedings shall be recorded by stenographic notes or...

Section 32A-4-21 - Neglect or abuse predisposition studies, reports and examinations. - A. Prior to holding a dispositional hearing, the court shall...

Section 32A-4-22 - Disposition of adjudicated abused or neglected child. - A. If not held in conjunction with the adjudicatory hearing,...

Section 32A-4-23 - Disposition of a child with a mental disorder or a developmental disability in a proceeding under the Abuse and Neglect Act. - A. If in a hearing, at any stage of a...

Section 32A-4-23.1 - Disposition of an undocumented immigrant child in a proceeding under the Abuse and Neglect Act. - A. Whenever the court adjudicates that a child is abused...

Section 32A-4-24 - Limitations on dispositional judgments; modification, termination or extension of court orders. - A. A judgment vesting legal custody of a child in...

Section 32A-4-25 - Periodic judicial review of dispositional judgments. - A. The initial judicial review shall be held within sixty...

Section 32A-4-25.1 - Permanency hearings; permanency review hearings. - A. A permanency hearing shall be commenced within six months...

Section 32A-4-25.2 - Transition services. - A. Prior to a child's reaching seventeen years of age,...

Section 32A-4-25.3 - Discharge hearing. - A. At the last review or permanency hearing held prior...

Section 32A-4-26 - Parental responsibility. - A. The court shall order the parent to pay the...

Section 32A-4-27 - Intervention; persons permitted to intervene. - A. At any stage of an abuse or neglect proceeding,...

Section 32A-4-28 - Termination of parental rights; adoption decree. - A. In proceedings to terminate parental rights, the court shall...

Section 32A-4-29 - Termination procedure. - A. A motion to terminate parental rights may be filed...

Section 32A-4-30 - Attorney fees. - The court may order the department to pay attorney fees...

Section 32A-4-31 - Permanent guardianship of a child. - A. In proceedings for permanent guardianship, the court shall give...

Section 32A-4-32 - Permanent guardianship; procedure. - A. A motion for permanent guardianship may be filed by...

Section 32A-4-33 - Confidentiality; records; penalty. - A. All records or information concerning a party to a...

Section 32A-4-33.1 - Records release when a child dies. - A. After learning that a child fatality has occurred and...

Section 32A-4-34 - Duties of employees. - All employees of the department shall be trained in their...

Section 32A-4-35 - Appointment or change of educational decision maker. - A. In all matters involving children alleged by the state...