N.M. Stat. § 40-6A-304

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 40-6A-304 - Duties of initiating tribunal
A. Upon the filing of a petition authorized pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
(2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
B. If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding state is in a foreign country, upon request, the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.

NMS § 40-6A-304

Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 304; 1997, ch. 9, § 7; 2005, ch. 166, § 16; 2011, ch. 159, § 17.
Amended by 2011, c. 159,s. 17, 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