A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not pursuant to the convention may register that order in this state pursuant to 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 at another time. The petition shall specify the grounds for modification.
§ 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978
Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification
Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (79 sections).
1978 Comp., § 40-6A-616, enacted by Laws 2011, ch. 159, § 52.
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.