A. An agreement under the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act is temporary and terminates pursuant to that act after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the agreement has been terminated before that time by court order. The agreement does not create an independent, continuing right to caretaking authority, decision-making authority or limited contact in an individual to whom custodial responsibility is given.
B. A nonparent who has caretaking authority, decision-making authority or limited contact by an agreement pursuant to the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act has standing to enforce the agreement until it has been terminated by court order.
History: Laws 2014, ch. 4, § 8.
Effective dates. — Laws 2014, ch. 4, § 10 made Laws 2014, ch. 4, §§ 1 through 9, the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, effective July 1, 2014.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 10D - Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation
Section 40-10D-1 - Short title.
Section 40-10D-2 - Definitions.
Section 40-10D-3 - Residence unchanged by deployment.
Section 40-10D-4 - Notification required of deploying parent.
Section 40-10D-5 - Duty to notify of change of address.
Section 40-10D-6 - General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service.
Section 40-10D-8 - Nature of authority created by agreement.