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§ 40-10A-301 NMSA 1978

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Known as the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (42 sections).

Laws 2001, ch. 114, § 301.

As used in Article 3 of the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act:

(1) "petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child-custody determination; and

(2) "respondent" means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child-custody determination.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.