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Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Section 40-11A-101 - Short title. - Sections 1-101 through 9-903 of this act may be cited...
Section 40-11A-102 - Definitions. - As used in the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act: A....
Section 40-11A-103 - Scope of act; choice of law. - A. The New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act applies to determination...
Section 40-11A-104 - Jurisdiction. - The district court has jurisdiction to adjudicate parentage pursuant to...
Section 40-11A-105 - Protection of participants. - Proceedings pursuant to the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act are...
Section 40-11A-106 - Determination of maternity. - Provisions of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act relating to...
Article 2 - PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
Section 40-11A-201 - Establishment of parent-child relationship. - A. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and...
Section 40-11A-202 - No discrimination based on marital status. - A child born to parents who are not married to...
Section 40-11A-203 - Consequences of establishment of parentage. - Unless parental rights are terminated or extinguished by relinquishment and...
Section 40-11A-204 - Presumption of paternity. - A. A man is presumed to be the father of...
Article 3 - VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY
Section 40-11A-301 - Acknowledgment of paternity. - The mother of a child and a man claiming to...
Section 40-11A-302 - Execution of acknowledgment of paternity. - A. An acknowledgment of paternity shall: (1) be on a...
Section 40-11A-303 - Denial of paternity. - A presumed father may sign a denial of his paternity....
Section 40-11A-304 - Rules for acknowledgment and denial of paternity. - A. An acknowledgment of paternity and a denial of paternity...
Section 40-11A-305 - Effect of acknowledgment or denial of paternity. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 3-307 and 3-308...
Section 40-11A-306 - No filing fee. - The bureau shall not charge for filing an acknowledgment of...
Section 40-11A-307 - Proceeding for rescission. - A signatory may rescind an acknowledgment of paternity or denial...
Section 40-11A-308 - Challenge after expiration of period for rescission. - A. After the period for rescission pursuant to Section 3-307...
Section 40-11A-309 - Procedure for rescission or challenge. - A. Every signatory to an acknowledgment of paternity and any...
Section 40-11A-310 - Ratification barred. - A court or administrative agency conducting a judicial or administrative...
Section 40-11A-311 - Full faith and credit; acknowledgement or denial of paternity. - A court of this state shall give full faith and...
Section 40-11A-312 - Forms for acknowledgment and denial of paternity. - A. The bureau shall prescribe forms for the acknowledgment of...
Section 40-11A-313 - Release of information. - The bureau may release information relating to the acknowledgment of...
Section 40-11A-314 - Adoption of rules. - The bureau may adopt and promulgate rules and forms to...
Article 4 - REGISTRY OF PATERNITY
Section 40-11A-401 - Establishment of registry. - The putative father registry established pursuant to the provisions of...
Article 5 - GENETIC TESTING
Section 40-11A-501 - Scope of article. - This article governs genetic testing of a person to determine...
Section 40-11A-502 - Order for testing. - A. Except as otherwise provided in this article and Article...
Section 40-11A-503 - Requirements for genetic testing. - A. Genetic testing shall be of a type reasonably relied...
Section 40-11A-504 - Report of genetic testing. - A. A report of genetic testing shall be in a...
Section 40-11A-505 - Genetic testing results; rebuttal. - A. Pursuant to the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act, a...
Section 40-11A-506 - Costs of genetic testing. - A. Subject to assessment of costs pursuant to Article 6...
Section 40-11A-507 - Additional genetic testing. - Prior to a final adjudication, the district court or the...
Section 40-11A-508 - Genetic testing when specimens not available. - A. Subject to Subsection B of this section, if a...
Section 40-11A-509 - Deceased person. - For good cause shown, the district court may order genetic...
Section 40-11A-510 - Identical brothers. - A. The district court may order genetic testing of a...
Section 40-11A-511 - Confidentiality of genetic testing. - A. Release of the report of genetic testing for parentage...
Article 6 - PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE
Part 1 - Nature of Proceeding
Section 40-11A-601 - Proceeding authorized. - A civil proceeding may be maintained in the district court...
Section 40-11A-602 - Standing to maintain proceeding. - Subject to Article 3 and Sections 6-607 and 6-609 of...
Section 40-11A-603 - Parties to proceeding. - The following persons shall be joined as parties in a...
Section 40-11A-604 - Personal jurisdiction. - A. A person shall not be adjudicated to be a...
Section 40-11A-605 - Venue. - Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is in the...
Section 40-11A-606 - No limitation; child having no presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated father. - A. A proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child...
Section 40-11A-607 - Limitation; general. - A. Any proceeding to adjudicate child support shall be brought...
Section 40-11A-608 - Authority to deny motion for genetic testing. - A. In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a...
Section 40-11A-609 - Limitation; child having acknowledged or adjudicated father. - A. If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory...
Section 40-11A-610 - Joinder of proceedings. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this...
Section 40-11A-611 - Proceeding before birth. - A proceeding to determine parentage may be commenced before the...
Section 40-11A-612 - Child as party; representation. - A. A minor child is a permissible party, but is...
Part 2 - Special Rules for Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage
Section 40-11A-621 - Admissibility of results of genetic testing; expenses. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this...
Section 40-11A-622 - Consequences of declining genetic testing. - A. An order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt....
Section 40-11A-623 - Admission of paternity authorized. - A. A respondent in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may...
Section 40-11A-624 - Temporary order. - A. In a proceeding pursuant to this article, the district...
Section 40-11A-625 - Pretrial proceedings. - As soon as practicable after an action to declare the...
Section 40-11A-626 - Pretrial recommendations. - A. On the basis of the information produced at the...
Part 3 - Hearings and Adjudication
Section 40-11A-631 - Rules for adjudication of paternity. - The district court shall apply the following rules to adjudicate...
Section 40-11A-632 - Jury prohibited. - The district court, without a jury, shall adjudicate paternity of...
Section 40-11A-633 - Hearings; inspection of records. - A. On request of a party and for good cause...
Section 40-11A-634 - Order on default. - The district court shall issue an order adjudicating the paternity...
Section 40-11A-635 - Dismissal for want of prosecution. - The district court may issue an order dismissing a proceeding...
Section 40-11A-636 - Order adjudicating parentage. - A. The district court shall issue an order adjudicating whether...
Section 40-11A-637 - Binding effect of determination of parentage. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this...
Section 40-11A-638 - Full faith and credit; determination of parentage. - A court of this state shall give full faith and...
Section 40-11A-639 - Enforcement of judgment or order. - A. If existence of the parental relationship is declared, or...
Section 40-11A-640 - Modification of judgment or order. - The court has continuing jurisdiction to modify or revoke a...
Section 40-11A-641 - Right to counsel; free transcript on appeal. - A. At the pretrial hearing and in further proceedings, any...
Section 40-11A-642 - Hearings and records; confidentiality. - Notwithstanding any other laws concerning public hearings and records, any...
Section 40-11A-643 - Birth records. - A. Upon order of a court of this state or...
Article 7 - CHILD OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
Section 40-11A-701 - Scope of article. - This article does not apply to the birth of a...
Section 40-11A-702 - Parental status of donor. - Donors of eggs, sperm or embryos are not the parents...
Section 40-11A-703 - Parentage of child of assisted reproduction. - A person who provides eggs, sperm or embryos for or...
Section 40-11A-704 - Consent to assisted reproduction. - A. The intended parent or parents shall consent to the...
Section 40-11A-705 - Limitation on husband's dispute of paternity. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this...
Section 40-11A-706 - Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent. - A. If a marriage is dissolved before placement of eggs,...
Section 40-11A-707 - Parental status of deceased person. - If a person who consented in a record to be...
Article 8 - GESTATIONAL AGREEMENTS
Section 40-11A-801 - Gestational agreements not authorized or prohibited. - A. The New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act does not authorize...
Article 9 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 40-11A-901 - Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing the Uniform Parentage Act, consideration shall...
Section 40-11A-902 - Severability. - If any provision of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act...
Section 40-11A-903 - Transitional provision. - A proceeding to adjudicate parentage that was commenced before the...