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§ 45-5-403 NMSA 1978

Venue

1953 Comp., § 32A-5-403, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 5-403; 1993, ch. 301, § 13.

Venue for conservatorship proceedings is:

A. in the judicial district where the person to be protected resides or is present; or

B. if the person to be protected does not reside in New Mexico, in any judicial district in New Mexico where he has property. If the person to be protected is admitted to an institution pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, venue is also in the judicial district in which that court sits.

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.