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§ 40-10D-8 NMSA 1978

Nature of authority created by agreement

Known as the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (9 sections).

Laws 2014, ch. 4, § 8.

A. An agreement under the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act is temporary and terminates pursuant to that act after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the agreement has been terminated before that time by court order. The agreement does not create an independent, continuing right to caretaking authority, decision-making authority or limited contact in an individual to whom custodial responsibility is given.

B. A nonparent who has caretaking authority, decision-making authority or limited contact by an agreement pursuant to the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act has standing to enforce the agreement until it has been terminated by court order.

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.