Section 40-4-11.2 – [Effective Until 7/1/2021] Grounds for deviation from child support guidelines

May 17, 2021 | Family Law, New Mexico

Any deviation from the child support guideline amounts set forth in Section 40-4-11.1 NMSA 1978 shall be supported by a written finding in the decree, judgment or order of child support that application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate. Circumstances creating a substantial hardship in the obligor, obligee or subject children may justify a deviation upward or downward from the amount that would otherwise be payable under the guidelines.

NMS § 40-4-11.2

1978 Comp., § 40-4-11.2, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 36, § 1.
This section is set out more than once. See also § 40-4-11.2, effective 7/1/2021.