New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 5 - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property

Section 45-5-108 - Liability of guardian or conservator for act of individual subject to guardianship or conservatorship. - A guardian or conservator is not personally liable to another...

Section 45-5-109 - Voting rights. - The voting rights of a protected person shall not be...

Section 45-5-110 - Grievance against guardian or conservator. - A. A protected person, or any interested person regardless of...

Section 45-5-111 - Court visitor pilot program. - A. The supreme court shall designate three judicial districts to...

Part 2 - GUARDIAN OF MINORS

Section 45-5-201 - Appointment and status of guardian of minor; general. - A person becomes a guardian of a minor by parental...

Section 45-5-202 - Parental appointment of guardian of minor. - A. The parent of an unmarried minor may appoint a...

Section 45-5-203 - Objection by minor of fourteen or older to parental appointment. - A minor of fourteen or more years who is the...

Section 45-5-204 - Court appointment of guardian of minor; conditions for appointment. - A. The court may appoint a guardian for an unmarried...

Section 45-5-205 - Court appointment of guardian of minor; venue. - The venue for guardianship proceedings for a minor is in...

Section 45-5-205.1 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Former 45-5-205.1 NMSA 1978, relating to foreign guardians,...

Section 45-5-206 - Court appointment of guardian of minor; qualifications; priority of minor's nominee. - The court may appoint as guardian any person whose appointment...

Section 45-5-207 - Court appointment of guardian of minor; notice; procedure. - A. Notice of the time and place of hearing of...

Section 45-5-208 - Consent to service by acceptance of appointment; notice. - By accepting a parental or court appointment as guardian, a...

Section 45-5-209 - Powers and duties of guardian of minor. - A. A guardian of a minor protected person has the...

Section 45-5-210 - Termination of appointment of guardian; general. - A guardian's authority and responsibility terminate upon the death, resignation...

Section 45-5-211 - Proceedings subsequent to appointment; venue. - A. The court where the protected person resides has concurrent...

Section 45-5-212 - Resignation, removal and other post-appointment proceedings. - A. Any person interested in the welfare of a protected...

Part 3 - GUARDIANS OF INCAPACITATED PERSONS

Section 45-5-301 - Appointment of guardian for incapacitated person; notice. - A. The parent of an unmarried incapacitated person may appoint...

Section 45-5-301.1 - When guardianship is to be used. - Guardianship for an incapacitated person shall be used only as...

Section 45-5-301.2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1993, ch. 301, § 24; repealed by Laws...

Section 45-5-302 - Venue. - Venue for guardianship proceedings for an alleged incapacitated person is...

Section 45-5-303 - Procedure for court appointment of a guardian of an incapacitated person. - A. An interested person may petition for appointment of a...

Section 45-5-303.1 - Duties of guardian ad litem. - A. The guardian ad litem shall: (1) interview in person...

Section 45-5-304 - Findings; order of appointment. - A. The court, at the hearing on the petition for...

Section 45-5-305 - Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction. - By accepting a testamentary or court appointment as guardian, a...

Section 45-5-306 - Death of protected person or guardian; incapacity of guardian. - The authority and responsibility of a guardian for an incapacitated...

Section 45-5-307 - Death, substitution, review and termination of guardianship. - A. On the petition of the incapacitated person or any...

Section 45-5-308 - Letters of guardianship. - Letters of guardianship shall contain: A. the names, addresses and...

Section 45-5-309 - Notices in guardianship proceedings. - A. On filing of a petition under Section 45-5-303 NMSA...

Section 45-5-310 - Temporary guardians. - A. When a petition for guardianship has been filed, but...

Section 45-5-311 - Who may be appointed guardian; priorities; qualifications. - A. Any person deemed to be qualified by the court...

Section 45-5-312 - General powers and duties of the limited guardian and guardian. - A. If the court enters judgment pursuant to Subsection C...

Section 45-5-313 - Proceedings subsequent to appointment; venue. - A. The court where the protected person resides has concurrent...

Section 45-5-314 - Annual report; audits. - A. The guardian of an incapacitated person shall file an...

Section 45-5-315 - Consent to guardianship not permitted. - An alleged incapacitated person shall not be permitted by the...

Part 4 - PROTECTION OF PROPERTY OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND MINORS

Section 45-5-401 - Conservatorship proceedings. - Upon petition and after notice and hearing in accordance with...

Section 45-5-402 - Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of affairs of protected persons. - After the service of notice in a proceeding seeking the...

Section 45-5-402.1 - Permissible court orders. - A. The court shall exercise the authority conferred in Chapter...

Section 45-5-403 - Venue. - Venue for conservatorship proceedings is: A. in the judicial district...

Section 45-5-404 - Original petition for appointment of conservator. - A. The following may petition for the appointment of a...

Section 45-5-404.1 - Duties of guardian ad litem. - A. The guardian ad litem shall: (1) interview the person...

Section 45-5-405 - Notice in conservatorship proceedings. - A. On filing of a petition under Section 45-5-404 NMSA...

Section 45-5-405.1 - Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized. - A. If after notice in accordance with Section 45-5-405 NMSA...

Section 45-5-406 - Guardianship and protective proceedings; request for notice; interested person. - A. Any interested person who desires to be notified before...

Section 45-5-407 - Procedure for court appointment of a conservator. - A. Upon receipt of a petition for appointment of a...

Section 45-5-408 - Temporary conservators. - A. When a petition for appointment of a conservator has...

Section 45-5-409 - Annual report and account; audits. - A. Every conservator shall file an annual report and account...

Section 45-5-409.1 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-409.1, enacted by Laws 2018, ch....

Section 45-5-410 - Who may be appointed conservator; priorities. - A. The court may appoint an individual, or a corporation...

Section 45-5-411 - Bond and terms; requirements of bonds. - A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this...

Section 45-5-413 - Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction. - A. By accepting appointment, a conservator submits personally to the...

Section 45-5-414 - Compensation and expenses. - If not otherwise compensated for services rendered, any visitor, attorney,...

Section 45-5-415 - Death, substitution, review and termination of conservatorship. - A. On the petition of the incapacitated person or a...

Section 45-5-416 - Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment. - A. Any person interested in the welfare of a person...

Section 45-5-417 - General duty of conservator. - In the exercise of a conservator's powers, a conservator shall...

Section 45-5-418 - Inventory and records. - A. Within ninety days after his appointment, every conservator shall...

Section 45-5-419 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1993, ch. 301, § 28 repealed 45-5-419...

Section 45-5-420 - Conservators; title by appointment. - A. The appointment of a conservator vests in him title...

Section 45-5-421 - Recording of conservator's letters. - Subject to the requirements of laws governing the filing or...

Section 45-5-421.1 - Letters of conservatorship. - Letters of conservatorship shall contain: A. the names, addresses and...

Section 45-5-422 - Sale, encumbrance or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions. - Any sale or encumbrance to a conservator, his spouse, agent...

Section 45-5-423 - Persons dealing with conservators; protection. - A person who in good faith either assists a conservator...

Section 45-5-424 - Powers of conservator in administration. - A. A conservator has all of the powers conferred herein...

Section 45-5-425 - Distributive duties and powers of conservator. - A. A conservator may expend or distribute income or principal...

Section 45-5-426 - Consent to conservatorship; applicable laws. - All the procedures contained in Chapter 45, Article 5 NMSA...

Section 45-5-427 - Preservation of estate plan. - In investing the estate, and in selecting assets of the...

Section 45-5-428 - Claims against protected person; enforcement. - A. A conservator must pay from the estate all just...

Section 45-5-429 - Individual liability of conservator. - A. Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a conservator is...

Section 45-5-430 - Termination of proceeding. - The protected person, his personal representative, the conservator or any...

Section 45-5-431 - Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings. - A. Any person indebted to a protected person, or having...

Section 45-5-432 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-5-432, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 45-5-433 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1993, ch. 301, § 28 repealed 45-5-433...

Section 45-5-434 - Registration of guardianship orders. - If a guardian has been appointed in another state and...

Section 45-5-435 - Registration of protective orders. - If a conservator has been appointed in another state and...

Section 45-5-436 - Effect of registration. - A. Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from...

Part 5 - POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Section 45-5-501 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-501, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-502 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-502, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-503 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-503, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-504 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-504, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-505 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-505, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Part 6 - UNIFORM STATUTORY FORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT

Section 45-5-601 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-601, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-602 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-602, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-603 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-603, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-604 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-604, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-605 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-605, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-606 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-606, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-607 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-607, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-608 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-608, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-609 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-609, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-610 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-610, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-611 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-611, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-612 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-612, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-613 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-613, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-614 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-614, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-615 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-615, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-616 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-616, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

Section 45-5-617 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 45-5-617, enacted by Laws 1995, ch....

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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code Article 5 - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property

New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 5 - Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property