Section 40-3A-4 – Content

by | May 17, 2021 | Family Law, New Mexico

A. Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to: (1) the rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located; (2) the right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange,...

Section 40-3A-2 – Definitions

by | May 17, 2021 | Family Law, New Mexico

As used in the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act:A. “premarital agreement” means an agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage and to be effective upon marriage; andB. “property” means an interest, present or future,...

Section 40-3-17 – Judgments to be recorded

by | May 17, 2021 | Family Law, New Mexico

All orders rendered pursuant to Section 32-2-7 NMSA 1953 authorizing the transfer, conveyance, mortgage or lease of community real property or other real property owned by the spouses as co-tenants in joint tenancy or tenancy in common may be recorded in the office of...

Section 40-3-16 – Disposition and management of real property without joinder and management of community personal property subject to management of one spouse alone where spouse has disappeared

by | May 17, 2021 | Family Law, New Mexico

A. If a spouse disappears and his location is unknown to the other spouse, the other spouse may, not less than thirty days after such disappearance, file a petition setting forth the facts which make it desirable for the petitioning spouse to engage in a transaction...