A. The human services department is the state information agency pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
B. The state information agency shall:
(1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state that have jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
(2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act received from another state or a foreign country; and
(4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses and social security.
History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 310; 2005, ch. 166, § 21; 2011, ch. 159, § 22.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, included documents from another state or a foreign country within the scope of Subsection B.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provided in Subsection (b)(2) that the state information agency shall maintain a register of the names and address of tribunals and support agencies of other states and added the qualification in Subsection (b)(3) that the obligee must be an individual.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support
Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 40-6A-301 - Proceedings under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
Section 40-6A-302 - Proceeding by minor parent.
Section 40-6A-303 - Application of law of state.
Section 40-6A-304 - Duties of initiating tribunal.
Section 40-6A-305 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
Section 40-6A-306 - Inappropriate tribunal.
Section 40-6A-307 - Duties of support enforcement agency.
Section 40-6A-308 - Duty of attorney general.
Section 40-6A-310 - Duties of state information agency.
Section 40-6A-311 - Pleadings and accompanying documents.
Section 40-6A-312 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
Section 40-6A-313 - Costs and fees.
Section 40-6A-314 - Limited immunity of petitioner.
Section 40-6A-315 - Nonparentage as defense.
Section 40-6A-316 - Special rules of evidence and procedure.
Section 40-6A-317 - Communications between tribunals.