A. The court shall order the parent to pay the reasonable costs of support and maintenance of the child that the parent is financially able to pay if a child is adjudicated to be a child of a family in need of court-ordered services and the court orders the child placed with an agency or individual other than the parent. The court may use the child support guidelines set forth in Section 40-4-11.1 NMSA 1978 to calculate a reasonable payment.
B. The court may enforce any of its orders issued pursuant to this section by use of its contempt power.
History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-3B-20, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 92.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 3B - Families in Need of Court-Ordered Services
Section 32A-3B-1 - Short title; purpose.
Section 32A-3B-2 - Definitions.
Section 32A-3B-3 - Protective custody; interference with protective custody; penalty.
Section 32A-3B-4 - Protective custody; restrictions; time limitations.
Section 32A-3B-5 - Notification to family; release from protective custody.
Section 32A-3B-6 - Place of custody.
Section 32A-3B-6.1 - Indian child placement; preferences.
Section 32A-3B-7 - Protective custody hearing; time limitations.
Section 32A-3B-8 - Basic rights.
Section 32A-3B-9 - Change in placement.
Section 32A-3B-10 - Petition; endorsement of petition.
Section 32A-3B-11 - Petition; allegations.
Section 32A-3B-12 - Adjudicatory hearing; time limitations.
Section 32A-3B-13 - Conduct of hearings; penalty.
Section 32A-3B-14 - Findings; dismissal; dispositional matters.
Section 32A-3B-15 - Plan for family services.
Section 32A-3B-16 - Dispositional judgment.
Section 32A-3B-19 - Periodic review of dispositional judgments.
Section 32A-3B-20 - Parental responsibility.