A. When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.B. A notice shall inform the nonregistering party:
(1) that a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is pursuant to Section 40-6A-707 NMSA 1978;(3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearage and precludes further contest of that order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted; and(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearage.C. If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice shall also:
(1) identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;(3) state that the procedures provided in Subsection B of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and(4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.D. Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer.
NMS § 40-6A-605
Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 605; 1997, ch. 9, § 18; 2005, ch. 166, § 38; 2011, ch. 159, § 42.Amended by 2011, c. 159,s. 42, eff. the later of the date that the United States deposits the instrument of ratification for the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance with the Hague conference on private international law or 1/1/2012
