2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 5 - Adoptions

Section 32A-5-1 - Short title. - Chapter 32A, Article 5 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 32A-5-2 - Purpose. - The purpose of the Adoption Act is to: A. establish...

Section 32A-5-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Adoption Act: A. "accrediting entity" means...

Section 32A-5-4 - Application of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. - The protections set forth in the federal Indian Child Welfare...

Section 32A-5-5 - Indian child placement preferences. - A. In any adoptive placement of an Indian child under...

Section 32A-5-6 - Authority of the department. - A. The department may adopt and promulgate necessary rules and...

Section 32A-5-7 - Clerk of the court; duties. - A. The clerk of the court shall file pleadings captioned...

Section 32A-5-8 - Confidentiality of records. - A. Unless the petitioner agrees to be contacted or agrees...

Section 32A-5-9 - Caption. - The caption for adoption proceedings shall be styled "In the...

Section 32A-5-10 - Venue. - A petition for adoption may be filed in any county...

Section 32A-5-11 - Who may be adopted; who may adopt. - A. Any child may be adopted. B. Residents who are...

Section 32A-5-12 - Placement for adoption; restrictions; full disclosure. - A. No petition for adoption shall be granted by the...

Section 32A-5-13 - Independent adoptions; request for placement; placement order; certification. - A. When a placement order is required, the petitioner shall...

Section 32A-5-14 - Pre-placement study. - A. The pre-placement study shall be performed as prescribed by...

Section 32A-5-14.1 - Criminal history records check; background checks. - A. A nationwide criminal history records check shall be conducted...

Section 32A-5-15 - Termination of parental rights. - A. The physical, mental and emotional welfare and needs of...

Section 32A-5-16 - Termination procedures. - A. A proceeding to terminate parental rights may be initiated...

Section 32A-5-17 - Persons whose consents or relinquishments are required. - A. Consent to adoption or relinquishment of parental rights to...

Section 32A-5-18 - Implied consent or relinquishment. - A. A consent to adoption or relinquishment of parental rights...

Section 32A-5-19 - Persons whose consents or relinquishments are not required. - The consent to adoption or relinquishment of parental rights required...

Section 32A-5-20 - Putative father registry; notice; penalty. - A. The purpose of the putative father registry is to...

Section 32A-5-21 - Form of consent or relinquishment. - A. Except when consent or relinquishment is implied, a consent...

Section 32A-5-22 - Persons required to receive counseling; content and form of counseling. - A. Counseling required pursuant to the provisions of this section...

Section 32A-5-23 - Persons who may take consents or relinquishments; accounting of disbursements. - A. A consent to adoption or relinquishment of parental rights...

Section 32A-5-24 - Relinquishments to the department. - A. When a parent elects to relinquish parental rights to...

Section 32A-5-25 - Petition; time of filing. - A. A petition for adoption shall be filed within sixty...

Section 32A-5-26 - Petition; content. - A petition for adoption shall be filed and verified by...

Section 32A-5-27 - Notice of petition; form of service; waiver. - A. The petition for adoption shall be served by the...

Section 32A-5-28 - Response to petition. - A. Any person responding to a notice of a petition...

Section 32A-5-29 - Custody pending decree. - Once the adoptee has been placed with the petitioner pursuant...

Section 32A-5-30 - Removal of adoptee from the county. - During the pendency of an adoption proceeding, the adoptee shall...

Section 32A-5-31 - Post-placement report. - A. An agency or an individual with the credentials set...

Section 32A-5-32 - Stepparent adoptions. - A. Any person may adopt his spouse's child in accordance...

Section 32A-5-33 - Appointment of guardian ad litem or attorney for the adoptee or other party. - Upon the motion of any party or upon the court's...

Section 32A-5-34 - Fees and charges; damages. - A. Prior to the final hearing on a petition, the...

Section 32A-5-35 - Open adoptions. - A. The parents of the adoptee and the petitioner may...

Section 32A-5-36 - Adjudication; disposition; decree of adoption. - A. The court shall conduct hearings on the petition for...

Section 32A-5-37 - Status of adoptee and petitioner upon entry of decree of adoption. - A. Once adopted, an adoptee shall take a name designated...

Section 32A-5-38 - Birth certificates. - A. Within thirty days after an adoption decree becomes final,...

Section 32A-5-39 - Recognition of foreign decrees. - A. Every decree or order of adoption terminating the parent-child...

Section 32A-5-39.1 - Application of the federal Intercountry Adoption Act. - The protections and requirements set forth in the federal Intercountry...

Section 32A-5-40 - Post-decree of adoption access to records. - A. After the decree of adoption has been entered, all...

Section 32A-5-41 - Appointment of confidential intermediary. - A. The court may appoint a confidential intermediary to ascertain...

Section 32A-5-42 - Penalties. - A. Any person other than an agency who, in the...

Section 32A-5-42.1 - Unauthorized adoption facilitation; penalties. - A. A person, other than a person described in Subsection...

Section 32A-5-42.2 - Advertising adoption services; requirements; penalties. - A. A person, other than a person described in Subsection...

Section 32A-5-43 - Purpose of subsidized adoptions. - It is the purpose of Sections 32-5-43 [32A-5-43] through 32-5-45...

Section 32A-5-44 - Eligibility for subsidized adoptions. - A. The social services division of the human services department...

Section 32A-5-45 - Administration of subsidized adoptions. - A. The department shall promulgate all necessary regulations for the...