N.M. Stat. § 46-12-105
Application; governing law.
A. The Uniform Trust Decanting Act applies to a trust that:
(1)
has its principal place of administration in New Mexico, including a trust
whose principal place of administration has been changed to New Mexico; or
(2)
provides by its trust instrument that it is governed by New Mexico law or is
governed by New Mexico law for the purpose of:
(a) administration, including administration of a trust whose governing law for
purposes of administration has been changed to New Mexico law;
(b) construction of terms of the trust; or
(c) determining the meaning or effect of terms of the trust.
B. Except as otherwise provided in the Uniform Trust Decanting Act, on and after
January 1, 2017:
(1)
the Uniform Trust Decanting Act applies to a trust created before, on or
after January 1, 2017;
(2)
the Uniform Trust Decanting Act applies to a judicial proceeding
concerning a trust commenced on or after January 1, 2017;
(3)
the Uniform Trust Decanting Act applies to a judicial proceeding
concerning a trust commenced before January 1, 2017 unless the court finds that
application of a particular provision of the Uniform Trust Decanting Act would interfere
substantially with the effective conduct of the judicial proceeding or prejudice a right of a
party, in which case the particular provision of the Uniform Trust Decanting Act does not
apply and the superseded law applies;
(4)
a rule of construction or presumption provided in the Uniform Trust
Decanting Act applies to a trust instrument executed before January 1, 2017 unless
there is a clear indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the instrument; and
(5)
except as otherwise provided in Paragraphs (1) through (4) of this
subsection, an action done before January 1, 2017 is not affected by the Uniform Trust
Decanting Act.
C. If a right is acquired, extinguished or barred on the expiration of a prescribed
period that commenced under New Mexico law other than the Uniform Trust Decanting
Act before January 1, 2017, the law continues to apply to the right.