A. The court shall order the parent to pay the reasonable costs of support and maintenance of the child that the parent is financially able to pay if a child is adjudicated to be neglected or abused and the court orders the child placed with an agency or individual other than the parent. The court may use the child support guidelines set forth in Section 40-4-11.1 NMSA 1978 to calculate a reasonable payment.
B. The court may enforce any of its orders issued pursuant to this section by use of its contempt power.
History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-4-26, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 120.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 4 - Child Abuse and Neglect
Section 32A-4-1 - Short title.
Section 32A-4-2 - Definitions.
Section 32A-4-4 - Complaints; referral; preliminary inquiry.
Section 32A-4-4.1 - Multilevel response system.
Section 32A-4-6 - Taking into custody; penalty.
Section 32A-4-7 - Release or delivery from custody.
Section 32A-4-8 - Place of temporary custody.
Section 32A-4-9 - Indian child placement; preferences.
Section 32A-4-10 - Basic rights.
Section 32A-4-11 - Use immunity.
Section 32A-4-12 - Protective orders.
Section 32A-4-13 - Contempt power.
Section 32A-4-14 - Change in placement.
Section 32A-4-15 - Petition; authorization to file.
Section 32A-4-16 - Ex-parte custody orders.
Section 32A-4-17 - Summons; content.
Section 32A-4-17.1 - Notice to grandparents and relatives.
Section 32A-4-18 - Custody hearings; time limitations; notice; probable cause.
Section 32A-4-19 - Adjudicatory hearings; time limitations.
Section 32A-4-20 - Conduct of hearings; findings; dismissal; dispositional matters; penalty.
Section 32A-4-21 - Neglect or abuse predisposition studies, reports and examinations.
Section 32A-4-22 - Disposition of adjudicated abused or neglected child.
Section 32A-4-25 - Periodic judicial review of dispositional judgments.
Section 32A-4-25.1 - Permanency hearings; permanency review hearings.
Section 32A-4-25.2 - Transition services.
Section 32A-4-25.3 - Discharge hearing.
Section 32A-4-26 - Parental responsibility.
Section 32A-4-27 - Intervention; persons permitted to intervene.
Section 32A-4-28 - Termination of parental rights; adoption decree.
Section 32A-4-29 - Termination procedure.
Section 32A-4-30 - Attorney fees.
Section 32A-4-31 - Permanent guardianship of a child.
Section 32A-4-32 - Permanent guardianship; procedure.
Section 32A-4-33 - Confidentiality; records; penalty.
Section 32A-4-33.1 - Records release when a child dies.
Section 32A-4-34 - Duties of employees.
Section 32A-4-35 - Appointment or change of educational decision maker.