A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in Sections 40-6A-601 through 40-6A-608 NMSA 1978 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading shall specify the grounds for modification.
§ 40-6A-609 NMSA 1978
Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (79 sections).
Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 609; 2011, ch. 159, § 46.
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.