Form 10-718 NMRA
Form 10-718. Sealing order.
[For use with Rule 10-262 NMRA]
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
COUNTY OF _______________
_______________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE CHILDREN’S COURT
In the Matter of _____________, a Child.
No. __________
SEALING ORDER
This matter came before the court and the court FINDS as follows (check one):
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(1) two years have elapsed since the final release of the person from legal
custody and supervision or two years have elapsed since the entry of any other
judgment not involving legal custody or supervision;
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(2) within the two years immediately prior to filing the motion, the person has not
been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or been found
delinquent by a court and there is no pending proceeding seeking such a conviction or
finding; and
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(3) the person is eighteen years of age or older or the court finds that good
cause exists to seal the records prior to the child’s eighteenth birthday.
OR
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The children’s court attorney has notified this court that the petition in this case,
which is concluded, did not result in an adjudication of delinquency.
OR
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The Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD or department) has notified
this court that _________________ (insert name of child) has been released from the
court-ordered supervision or custody of the department or has otherwise completed the
terms of his or her disposition or other non-custodial requirements, or that the child has
reached his or her eighteenth (18th) birthday, whichever occurs later; that the
department has sealed the records and files of the child in the department’s possession;
and that the child’s records and files must be sealed.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT the files and records in this case shall be
sealed and that the clerk of this court shall deliver or mail copies of this sealing order to
the Legal Administrator, Public Records Custodian, CYFD Office of General Counsel.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the department shall notify all entities requiring
notice.1
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT, upon entry of this sealing order, the proceedings
in the case shall be treated as if they never occurred; the findings, orders, and
judgments shall be vacated, and all index references shall be deleted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT all persons and agencies to whom this sealing
order is delivered shall immediately seal their delinquency case records, and reply to
any inquiry that no record exists with respect to the delinquency case that is the subject
of this sealing order.
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District Judge
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that I delivered or mailed a copy of this order to the department.
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Clerk
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Date