N.M. Stat. § 40-6A-105

Application of Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to

Last amended: 2011Year: 2026Length: 144 wordsOfficial source
resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. A. A tribunal of this state shall apply Sections 40-6A-101 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978 and, as applicable, Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978, to a support proceeding involving: (1) a foreign support order; (2) a foreign tribunal; or (3) an obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country. B. A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Sections 40-6A-101 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978. C. Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978 shall apply only to a support proceeding pursuant to the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978 is inconsistent with Sections 40-6A-101 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978, the provisions of Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A- 713 NMSA 1978 control.
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