N.M. Stat. § 40-11A-201

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 40-11A-201 - Establishment of parent-child relationship
A. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:
(1) the woman's having given birth to the child;
(2) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; or
(3) adoption of the child by the woman.
B. The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:
(1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child pursuant to Section 2-204 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act;
(2) an effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man pursuant to Article 3 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;
(3) an adjudication of the man's paternity;
(4) adoption of the child by the man; or
(5) the man's having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman pursuant to Article 7 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act that resulted in the birth of the child.

NMS § 40-11A-201

Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 2 -201.