Venue for guardianship proceedings for an alleged incapacitated person is in the judicial district where the alleged incapacitated person resides or is present. If the alleged incapacitated person is admitted to an institution pursuant to order of a court of competent jurisdiction, venue is also in the judicial district in which that court sits.
§ 45-5-302 NMSA 1978
Venue
1953 Comp., § 32A-5-302, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 5-302; 1993, ch. 301, § 2.
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.