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Section 40-12-5 - Domestic relations mediation program. - A. A judicial district may establish a domestic relations mediation...
Section 40-12-5.1 - Supervised visitation program. - A. A judicial district may establish a "safe exchange and...
Section 40-12-6 - Domestic relations mediation fees; district court clerk to collect. - In addition to fees collected pursuant to Section 34-6-40 NMSA...
Article 13 - Family Violence Protection
Section 40-13-1 - Short title. - Chapter 40, Article 13 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 40-13-1.1 - Legislative findings; state policy; dual arrests. - The legislature finds that domestic abuse incidents are complex and...
Section 40-13-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Family Violence Protection Act: A. "continuing...
Section 40-13-3 - Petition for order of protection; contents; standard forms. - A. A victim of domestic abuse may petition the court...
Section 40-13-3.1 - Forbearance of costs associated with domestic abuse offenses. - A. An alleged victim of domestic abuse shall not be...
Section 40-13-3.2 - Ex parte emergency orders of protection. - A. The district court may issue an ex parte written...
Section 40-13-4 - Temporary order of protection; hearing; dismissal. - A. Upon the filing of a petition for order of...
Section 40-13-5 - Order of protection; contents; remedies; title to property not affected; mutual order of protection. - A. Upon finding that domestic abuse has occurred or upon...
Section 40-13-5.1 - Extended order of protection. - A. In the sentencing proceeding for a person convicted of...
Section 40-13-6 - Service of order; duration; penalty; remedies not exclusive. - A. An order of protection granted under the Family Violence...
Section 40-13-7 - Law enforcement officers; emergency assistance; limited liability; providing notification to victims when an alleged perpetrator is released from detention; statement in judgment and sentence document. - A. A person who allegedly has been a victim of...
Section 40-13-7.1 - Medical personnel; documentation of domestic abuse. - A. When medical personnel who are interviewing, examining, attending or...
Section 40-13-8 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1992, ch. 107, § 1; repealed Laws 2005,...
Section 40-13-9 - Domestic violence special commissioners; appointment; qualifications. - A. A domestic violence special commissioner shall be appointed by...
Section 40-13-10 - Special commissioners; powers; duties. - A. A domestic violence special commissioner shall perform the following...
Section 40-13-11 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2007, ch. 131, § 1; repealed by Laws...
Section 40-13-12 - Limits on internet publication. - A state agency, court or political subdivision of the state,...
Section 40-13-13 - Relinquishment of firearms; penalty. - A. After the court has issued notice that the restrained...
Article 13A - Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders
Section 40-13A-1 - Short title. - Sections 1 through 9 [40-13A-1 to 40-13A-9 NMSA 1978] of...
Section 40-13A-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence...
Section 40-13A-3 - Judicial enforcement of a foreign protection order. - A. A person may seek enforcement of a valid foreign...
Section 40-13A-4 - Nonjudicial enforcement of foreign protection order. - A. A New Mexico law enforcement officer, upon determining that...
Section 40-13A-5 - Registration of foreign protection order. - A. A person may register a foreign protection order in...
Section 40-13A-6 - Limits on internet publication. - A state agency, court or political subdivision of the state,...
Section 40-13A-7 - Other remedies. - A protected individual who pursues remedies under the Uniform Interstate...
Section 40-13A-8 - Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic...
Section 40-13A-9 - Transitional provision. - The Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act...
Article 13B - Confidential Substitute Address
Section 40-13B-1 - Short title. - This act [40-13B-1 to 40-13B-9 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 40-13B-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Confidential Substitute Address Act: A. "agency"...
Section 40-13B-3 - Confidential substitute address program; application. - A. The "confidential substitute address program" is created in the...
Section 40-13B-4 - Secretary of state; duties; service on participant. - A. The secretary of state shall: (1) certify applicants whose...
Section 40-13B-5 - Agencies; use of confidential substitute address; public records. - A. A participant shall: (1) contact each agency that requests...
Section 40-13B-6 - Change of participant name, address or telephone number; requirements. - A. A participant shall notify the secretary of state within...
Section 40-13B-7 - Participant decertification. - A. A participant shall be decertified from the confidential substitute...
Section 40-13B-8 - Participant records; confidentiality; disclosure prohibited. - A. The secretary of state and an agency shall not...
Section 40-13B-9 - Rules. - The secretary of state shall promulgate rules, including rules regarding...
Article 14 - Adult Adoptions
Section 40-14-1 - Short title. - This act [40-14-1 to 40-14-15 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 40-14-2 - [Definitions.] - As used in the Adult Adoption Act: A. "adoptee" means...
Section 40-14-3 - Jurisdiction. - The court shall have original jurisdiction over proceedings arising under...
Section 40-14-4 - Venue. - A. A petition for adoption may be filed in any...
Section 40-14-5 - Who may be adopted; who may adopt. - A. Any adult may be adopted. B. Residents who are...
Section 40-14-6 - Consent to the adoption. - A. Consent to the adoption shall be required of the...
Section 40-14-7 - Petition; content. - A petition for adoption shall be filed and verified by...
Section 40-14-8 - Petition; caption. - The caption of a petition for adoption shall be styled...
Section 40-14-9 - Notice of petition; service; waiver. - A. A copy of the petition for adoption shall be...
Section 40-14-10 - Response to petition. - A. Any person who responds to a notice of petition...
Section 40-14-11 - Appointment of attorney for incompetent adoptee. - Upon motion of any party, or upon the court's own...
Section 40-14-12 - Adjudication; disposition; decree of adoption. - A. The court shall conduct a hearing on the petition...
Section 40-14-13 - Status of adoption and petitioner upon entry of decree of adoption. - A. Once adopted, an adoptee shall take a name agreed...
Section 40-14-14 - Birth certificates. - A. Within thirty days after an adoption decree is entered,...
Section 40-14-15 - Recognition of foreign decrees. - Every judgment establishing the relationship of parent and child by...
Article 15 - Family Preservation Act
Section 40-15-1 - Short title. - Sections 1 through 4 of this act [40-15-1 to 40-15-4...
Section 40-15-2 - Legislative purpose. - The purpose of the Family Preservation Act is to confirm...
Section 40-15-3 - Family preservation goals; statement of policy. - It is the policy of the state that its laws...
Section 40-15-4 - Parental and state responsibilities. - A. Parents have joint primary responsibility for the well-being of...
Article 16 - Termination of Parental Rights
Section 40-16-1 - Termination of parental rights; conception resulting from criminal sexual penetration. - A. At any time, a biological parent may petition the...
Article 17 - Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order
Section 40-17-1 - Short title. - Sections 1 through 13 [40-17-1 to 40-17-13 NMSA 1978] of...
Section 40-17-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act:...
Section 40-17-3 - Forbearance of costs associated with extreme risk firearm protection orders. - A reporting party who requests that a petitioner seek an...
Section 40-17-4 - Extreme risk firearm protection orders; venue. - Proceedings pursuant to the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act...
Section 40-17-5 - Petition for extreme risk firearm protection order; contents. - A. A petition for an extreme risk firearm protection order...
Section 40-17-6 - Petition for temporary extreme risk firearm protection order; temporary orders; proceedings. - A. Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to the...
Section 40-17-7 - Hearings on petition; grounds for issuance; contents of order. - In determining whether grounds for any extreme risk firearm protection...
Section 40-17-8 - One-year extreme risk firearm protection order; grounds for issuance; contents of order; termination; expiration; renewal of orders. - A. If, after hearing the matter, the court finds by...
Section 40-17-9 - Service of extreme risk firearm protection orders. - A one-year extreme risk firearm protection order issued pursuant to...
Section 40-17-10 - Relinquishment of firearms. - A. A respondent who receives a temporary or one-year extreme...
Section 40-17-11 - Penalties. - A person who fails to relinquish, or who possesses or...
Section 40-17-12 - Extreme risk firearm protection order; reporting of orders; availability of data. - A. The clerk of the court shall provide a copy...
Section 40-17-13 - Extreme risk firearm protection orders; firearms return; disposition. - A. Any firearm relinquished in accordance with the Extreme Risk...