A. A person shall not be adjudicated to be a parent unless the district court has personal jurisdiction over the person.
B. A district court of this state having jurisdiction to adjudicate parentage may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident person, or the guardian or conservator of the person, if the conditions prescribed in Section 40-6A-201 NMSA 1978 are fulfilled.
C. Lack of jurisdiction over one person does not preclude the district court from making an adjudication of parentage binding on another person over whom the district court has personal jurisdiction.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 6-604.
Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 20 made the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act effective January 1, 2010.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 11A - New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act
Article 6 - PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE
Section 40-11A-601 - Proceeding authorized.
Section 40-11A-602 - Standing to maintain proceeding.
Section 40-11A-603 - Parties to proceeding.
Section 40-11A-604 - Personal jurisdiction.
Section 40-11A-606 - No limitation; child having no presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated father.
Section 40-11A-607 - Limitation; general.
Section 40-11A-608 - Authority to deny motion for genetic testing.
Section 40-11A-609 - Limitation; child having acknowledged or adjudicated father.
Section 40-11A-610 - Joinder of proceedings.