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NM Stat § 40-6A-311 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION|Section 40-6A-311 - Pleadings and accompanying documents.

A. In a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country shall file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered pursuant to Section 40-6A-312 NMSA 1978, the petition or accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential address and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent and the name, sex, residential address, social security number and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition shall be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent. B. The petition shall specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 311; 2005, ch. 166, § 22; 2011, ch. 159, § 23. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act, see 40-11A-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. For rules of procedure, see Rule 1-001 NMRA. For petition to establish parentage, see Form 4A-402 NMRA. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, included tribunals of a foreign country within the scope of Subsection A. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provided in Subsection (a) that in a proceeding under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a petitioner seeking to register and modify a support order of another state shall file a petition; provided that the petition provide name, residential address and social security numbers of the parent and alleged parent for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined; and provided that a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal shall be filed.
NM Stat § 40-6A-312 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION|Section 40-6A-312 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.

If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure or specific identifying information, that information shall be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be the interest of justice. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 312; 2005, ch. 166, § 23. ANNOTATIONSThe 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, deleted all former provisions which provided that a tribunal could order that the address of a child or party or other identifying information not be disclosed in a document filed in a proceeding under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act and added a provision requiring a tribunal to seal information if a party alleges that the health, safety or liberty of a party or a child will be jeopardized by disclosure of information and that permits the tribunal to disclose information after a hearing.
NM Stat § 40-6A-313 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION|Section 40-6A-313 - Costs and fees.

A. The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. B. If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney fees, other costs and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney fees may be taxed as costs and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs and expenses. C. The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding pursuant to Sections 40-6A-601 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 313; 2005, ch. 166, § 24; 2011, ch. 159, § 24. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For costs and attorney fees, see Rule 1-054 NMRA. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, included foreign countries within the scope of Subsection B and broadened the scope of proceedings in which a hearing may be presumed to have been requested primarily for delay to Sections 40-6A-601 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed the statutory reference in Subsection (c) to "Sections 40-6A-601 through 40-6A-615 NMSA 1978".
NM Stat § 40-6A-314 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION|Section 40-6A-314 - Limited immunity of petitioner.

A. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding. B. A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. C. The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act committed by a party while present in this state to participate in the proceeding. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 314; 2005, ch. 166, § 25; 2011, ch. 159, § 25. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, made stylistic changes. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added a reference to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act in Subsection (a).
NM Stat § 40-6A-315 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION|Section 40-6A-315 - Nonparentage as defense.

A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 315; 2011, ch. 159, § 26. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, made a stylistic change.
NM Stat § 40-6A-317 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION|Section 40-6A-317 - Communications between tribunals.

A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail or other means to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree or order of that tribunal and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of this state may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribunal outside this state. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 317; 2005, ch. 166, § 27; 2011, ch. 159, § 28. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, permitted communications between tribunals by electronic mail. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, permitted a New Mexico tribunal to communicate with a tribunal in a foreign country or political subdivision to obtain information concerning the laws, legal effect of a judgment, order or decree of that tribunal and the status of a proceeding in the foreign country or political subdivision and may provide information to the tribunal of a foreign country or political subdivision.
NM Stat § 40-6A-318 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION|Section 40-6A-318 - Assistance with discovery.

A tribunal of this state may: A. request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and B. upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 318; 2011, ch. 159, § 29. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, made stylistic changes.
NM Stat § 40-6A-319 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 3 - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION|Section 40-6A-319 - Receipt and disbursement of payments.

A. A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received. B. If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall: (1) direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and (2) issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments. C. The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to Subsection B of this section shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 319; 2005, ch. 166, § 28; 2011, ch. 159, § 30. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, included tribunals of foreign countries within the scope of Subsection A. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added Subsection (b) to provide that if the obligor, obligee or child resides in New Mexico, then upon request of a support enforcement agency, the New Mexico support agency or tribunal shall direct that support payments be made to the support enforcement agency and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income-withholding order or notice of change of payee and added Subsection (c) to provide that a New Mexico support enforcement agency that receives redirected payment from another state shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a statement of the amounts and dates of payments received.
NM Stat § 40-6A-401 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 4 - ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER|Section 40-6A-401 - Establishment of support order.

A. If a support order entitled to recognition pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or (2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state. B. The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is: (1) a presumed father of the child; (2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; (3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; (4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing; (5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; (6) an acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law; (7) the mother of the child; or (8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated. C. Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Section 40-6A-305 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 401; 2005, ch. 166, § 29; 2011, ch. 159, § 31. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, made stylistic changes. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, deleted the former criteria for the issuance of a temporary child support order in Subsections (b)(1) through (3) and added new criteria in Subsections (b)(1) through (8).
NM Stat § 40-6A-402 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 4 - ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER|Section 40-6A-402 - Proceeding to determine parentage.

A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law or procedure substantially similar to that act. History: 1978 Comp., § 40-6A-402, enacted by Laws 2011, ch. 159, § 32. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. Effective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 159, § 32 became effective May 18, 2016 due to the repeal of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70 by Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1.
NM Stat § 40-6A-501 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 5 - DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION|Section 40-6A-501 - Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state.

An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency to the obligor's employer without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 501; 1997, ch. 9, § 11; 2005, ch. 166, § 30. ANNOTATIONSThe 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provided that an income-withholding order issued by another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or a support enforcement agency to the obligor's employer. The 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1997, substituted "Employer's receipt of" for "Recognition of" at the beginning of the section heading and rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable.
NM Stat § 40-6A-502 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 5 - DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION|Section 40-6A-502 - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state.

A. Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. B. The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state that appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state. C. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection D of this section and Section 40-6A-503 NMSA 1978, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order that specify: (1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain; (2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded; (3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employment; (4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; and (5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain. D. An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to: (1) the employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order; (2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and (3) the times within which the employer shall implement the withholding order and forward the child-support payment. History: Laws 1997, ch. 9, § 12; 2005, ch. 166, § 31; 2011, ch. 159, § 33. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1997, ch. 9, § 12, repealed 40-6A-502 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 502, and enacted the above section, effective July 1, 1997. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, made stylistic changes. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, corrected the spelling of "withholding" in Subsections (a) and (b) and deleted "or agency" in Subsection (c)(2).
NM Stat § 40-6A-503 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 5 - DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION|Section 40-6A-503 - Employee's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders.

If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for two or more child-support obligees. History: Laws 1997, ch. 9, § 13; 2005, ch. 166, § 32. ANNOTATIONSThe 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, replaced "multiple" with "two or more".
NM Stat § 40-6A-504 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 5 - DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION|Section 40-6A-504 - Immunity from civil liability.

An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with Sections 40-6A-501 through 40-6A-507 NMSA 1978 is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's withholding of child support from the obligor's income. History: 1978 Comp., § 40-6A-504, enacted by Laws 1997, ch. 9, § 14; 2011, ch. 159, § 34. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, made stylistic changes.
NM Stat § 40-6A-505 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs|Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Article 5 - DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION|Section 40-6A-505 - Penalties for noncompliance.

An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this state. History: 1978 Comp., § 40-6A-505, enacted by Laws 1997, ch. 9, § 15; 2011, ch. 159, § 35. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, made stylistic changes.