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Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 40-6A-100 - Recompiled. - History: Laws 1907, ch. 49, § 4; Code 1915, §...
Section 40-6A-101 - Short title. - Chapter 40, Article 6A NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 40-6A-102 - Definitions. - As used in the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act: A....
Section 40-6A-103 - State tribunal and support enforcement agency. - A. The district courts are the tribunals of this state....
Section 40-6A-104 - Remedies cumulative. - A. Remedies provided by the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act...
Section 40-6A-105 - Application of Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. - A. A tribunal of this state shall apply Sections 40-6A-101...
Article 2 - JURISDICTION
Part A - EXTENDED PERSONAL JURISDICTION
Section 40-6A-201 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. - A. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support...
Section 40-6A-202 - Duration of personal jurisdiction. - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in...
Part B - PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING TWO OR MORE STATES
Section 40-6A-203 - Initiating and responding tribunal of state. - Pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal...
Section 40-6A-204 - Simultaneous proceedings. - A. A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to...
Section 40-6A-205 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order. - A. A tribunal of this state that has issued a...
Section 40-6A-206 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order. - A. A tribunal of this state that has issued a...
Part C - RECONCILIATION WITH ORDERS OF OTHER STATES
Section 40-6A-207 - Determination of controlling child-support order. - A. If a proceeding is brought pursuant to the Uniform...
Section 40-6A-208 - Child support orders for two or more obligees. - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...
Section 40-6A-209 - Credit for payments. - A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for...
Section 40-6A-210 - Application of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to a nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. - A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a...
Section 40-6A-211 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order. - A. A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order...
Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 40-6A-301 - Proceedings under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. - A. Except as otherwise provided in the Uniform Interstate Family...
Section 40-6A-302 - Proceeding by minor parent. - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...
Section 40-6A-303 - Application of law of state. - Except as otherwise provided by the Uniform Interstate Family Support...
Section 40-6A-304 - Duties of initiating tribunal. - A. Upon the filing of a petition authorized pursuant to...
Section 40-6A-305 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal. - A. When a responding tribunal of this state receives a...
Section 40-6A-306 - Inappropriate tribunal. - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...
Section 40-6A-307 - Duties of support enforcement agency. - A. A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request,...
Section 40-6A-308 - Duty of attorney general. - A. If the attorney general determines that the support enforcement...
Section 40-6A-309 - Private counsel. - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...
Section 40-6A-310 - Duties of state information agency. - A. The human services department is the state information agency...
Section 40-6A-311 - Pleadings and accompanying documents. - A. In a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family...
Section 40-6A-312 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...
Section 40-6A-313 - Costs and fees. - A. The petitioner may not be required to pay a...
Section 40-6A-314 - Limited immunity of petitioner. - A. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding pursuant to...
Section 40-6A-315 - Nonparentage as defense. - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...
Section 40-6A-316 - Special rules of evidence and procedure. - A. The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...
Section 40-6A-317 - Communications between tribunals. - A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal...
Section 40-6A-318 - Assistance with discovery. - A tribunal of this state may: A. request a tribunal...
Section 40-6A-319 - Receipt and disbursement of payments. - A. A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state...
Article 4 - ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
Section 40-6A-401 - Establishment of support order. - A. If a support order entitled to recognition pursuant to...
Section 40-6A-402 - Proceeding to determine parentage. - A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of...
Article 5 - DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
Section 40-6A-501 - Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...
Section 40-6A-502 - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. - A. Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer...
Section 40-6A-503 - Employee's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders. - If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders...
Section 40-6A-504 - Immunity from civil liability. - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...
Section 40-6A-505 - Penalties for noncompliance. - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...
Section 40-6A-506 - Contest by obligor. - A. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...
Section 40-6A-507 - Administrative enforcement of orders. - A. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...
Article 6 - ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER AFTER REGISTRATION
Part A - REGISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
Section 40-6A-601 - Registration of order for enforcement. - A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state...
Section 40-6A-602 - Procedure to register order for enforcement. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Section 40-6A-706 NMSA 1978,...
Section 40-6A-603 - Effect of registration for enforcement. - A. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...
Section 40-6A-604 - Choice of law. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection D of this...
Part B - CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT
Section 40-6A-605 - Notice of registration of order. - A. When a support order or income-withholding order issued in...
Section 40-6A-606 - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order. - A. A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...
Section 40-6A-607 - Contest of registration or enforcement. - A. A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...
Section 40-6A-608 - Confirmed order. - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...
Part C - REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
Section 40-6A-609 - Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification. - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
Section 40-6A-610 - Effect of registration for modification. - A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support...
Section 40-6A-611 - Modification of child-support order of another state. - A. If Section 40-6A-613 NMSA 1978 does not apply, upon...
Section 40-6A-612 - Recognition of order modified in another state. - If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this...
Section 40-6A-613 - Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state. - A. If all of the parties who are individuals reside...
Section 40-6A-614 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. - Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child-support order,...
Section 40-6A-615 - Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Section 40-6A-711 NMSA 1978,...
Section 40-6A-616 - Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification. - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
Article 7 - DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE
Section 40-6A-701 - Definitions. - As used in Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978: A....
Section 40-6A-702 - Applicability. - Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978 apply only to a...
Section 40-6A-703 - Relationship of human services department to United States central authority. - The human services department of this state is recognized as...
Section 40-6A-704 - Initiation by human services department of support proceeding under convention. - A. In a support proceeding pursuant to Sections 40-6A-701 through...
Section 40-6A-705 - Direct request. - A. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...
Section 40-6A-706 - Registration of convention support order. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713...
Section 40-6A-707 - Contest of registered convention support order. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713...
Section 40-6A-708 - Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this...
Section 40-6A-709 - Partial enforcement. - If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and...
Section 40-6A-710 - Foreign support agreement. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsections C and D...
Section 40-6A-711 - Modification of convention child-support order. - A. A tribunal of this state may not modify a...
Section 40-6A-712 - Personal information; limit on use. - Personal information gathered or transmitted pursuant to Sections 40-6A-701 through...
Section 40-6A-713 - Record in original language; English translation. - A record filed with a tribunal of this state pursuant...
Article 8 - INTERSTATE RENDITION
Section 40-6A-801 - Grounds for rendition. - A. For purposes of Section 40-6A-802 NMSA 1978, "governor" includes...
Section 40-6A-802 - Conditions of rendition. - A. Before making demand that the governor of another state...
Article 9 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 40-6A-901 - Uniformity of application and construction. - The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act shall be applied and...
Section 40-6A-902 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Laws 2005, ch. 166, § 47 recompiled former...
Section 40-6A-903 - Severability clause. - If any provision of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act...