N.M. Stat. § 40-6A-603

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 40-6A-603 - Effect of registration for enforcement
A. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
B. A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
C. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 40-6A-601 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

NMS § 40-6A-603

Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 603; 2011, ch. 159, § 40.
Amended by 2011, c. 159,s. 40, eff. the later of the date that the United States deposits the instrument of ratification for the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance with the Hague conference on private international law or 1/1/2012