In proceedings for the dissolution of marriage, separation or support between husband and wife, the court may make an allowance to either spouse of the other spouse's separate property as alimony and the decree making the allowance shall have the force and effect of vesting the title of the property so allowed in the recipient.
§ 40-4-12 NMSA 1978
Allowance from spouse's separate property as alimony
1941 Comp., § 25-716, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 16, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 22-7-13; Laws 1973, ch. 319, § 9.
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