A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in Sections 40-6A-601 through 40-6A-608 NMSA 1978 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading shall specify the grounds for modification.
History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 609; 2011, ch. 159, § 46.
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 — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch.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, made stylistic changes.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support
Article 6 - ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER AFTER REGISTRATION
Part C - REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
Section 40-6A-609 - Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.
Section 40-6A-610 - Effect of registration for modification.
Section 40-6A-611 - Modification of child-support order of another state.
Section 40-6A-612 - Recognition of order modified in another state.
Section 40-6A-614 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.
Section 40-6A-615 - Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country.
Section 40-6A-616 - Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification.