N.M. Stat. § 40-6A-609

Current through 2024, ch. 69

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 to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in Sections 40-6A-601 through 40-6A-608 NMSA 1978 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading shall specify the grounds for modification.

NMS § 40-6A-609

Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 609; 2011, ch. 159, § 46.

Amended by 2011, c. 159,s. 46, 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