New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 3B - Families in Need of Court-Ordered Services

Section 32A-3B-1 - Short title; purpose. - A. Chapter 32A, Article 3B NMSA 1978 may be cited...

Section 32A-3B-2 - Definitions. - As used in Chapter 32A, Article 3B NMSA 1978, "family...

Section 32A-3B-3 - Protective custody; interference with protective custody; penalty. - A. A child may be taken into protective custody by...

Section 32A-3B-4 - Protective custody; restrictions; time limitations. - A. A law enforcement officer who takes a child into...

Section 32A-3B-5 - Notification to family; release from protective custody. - A. When the department takes a child into protective custody...

Section 32A-3B-6 - Place of custody. - A. Unless a child from a family in need of...

Section 32A-3B-6.1 - Indian child placement; preferences. - A. An Indian child accepted in department custody shall be...

Section 32A-3B-7 - Protective custody hearing; time limitations. - A. When a child of an alleged family in need...

Section 32A-3B-8 - Basic rights. - A. A child subject to the provisions of the Children's...

Section 32A-3B-9 - Change in placement. - A. When a child's placement is changed, including a return...

Section 32A-3B-10 - Petition; endorsement of petition. - A petition regarding an alleged family in need of court-ordered...

Section 32A-3B-11 - Petition; allegations. - A. A petition to initiate a proceeding regarding an alleged...

Section 32A-3B-12 - Adjudicatory hearing; time limitations. - A. An adjudicatory hearing for an alleged family in need...

Section 32A-3B-13 - Conduct of hearings; penalty. - A. All hearings shall be recorded by stenographic notes or...

Section 32A-3B-14 - Findings; dismissal; dispositional matters. - A. The court shall determine if the allegations of the...

Section 32A-3B-15 - Plan for family services. - A. Prior to holding a dispositional hearing, the court shall...

Section 32A-3B-16 - Dispositional judgment. - A. At the conclusion of the dispositional hearing, the court...

Section 32A-3B-17 - Disposition of a child with a developmental disability or mental disorder; proceedings. - A. If during any stage of a proceeding regarding a...

Section 32A-3B-18 - Dispositional judgments; time limitations; modification, termination or extension of court order. - A. A judgment vesting legal custody of a child in...

Section 32A-3B-19 - Periodic review of dispositional judgments. - A. Within six months of any original dispositional order and...

Section 32A-3B-20 - Parental responsibility. - A. The court shall order the parent to pay the...

Section 32A-3B-21 - Expungement of records. - A. On motion by or on behalf of an individual...

Section 32A-3B-22 - Confidentiality; records; penalty. - A. All records or information concerning a family in need...