N.M. Stat. § 40-6A-704
Initiation by human services department [health care
authority department] of support proceeding under convention.
A. In a support proceeding pursuant to Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713
NMSA 1978, the human services department [health care authority department] of this
state shall:
(1)
transmit and receive applications; and
(2)
initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application
in a tribunal of this state.
B. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee pursuant to the
convention:
(1)
recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
(2)
enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
(3)
establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if
necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
(4)
establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is
refused pursuant to Paragraph (2), (4) or (9) of Subsection B of Section 40-6A-708
NMSA 1978;
(5)
modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(6)
modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign
country.
C. The following support proceedings are available pursuant to the convention to an
obligor against which there is an existing support order:
(1)
recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing
support order of a tribunal of this state;
(2)
modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(3)
modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign
country.
D. A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond or deposit, however
described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings pursuant to
the convention.