Section 40-6A-705 – Direct request

A. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.B. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement...

Section 40-6A-702 – Applicability

Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978 apply only to a support proceeding pursuant to the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978 is inconsistent with Sections 40-6A-101 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978,...

Section 40-6A-701 – Definitions

As used in Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978: A. “application” means a request pursuant to the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority;B....