A. Except as otherwise provided in Section 40-6A-711 NMSA 1978, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether or not the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to Section 40-6A-611 NMSA 1978 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.B. An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
NMS § 40-6A-615
Laws 2005, ch. 166, § 43; 2011, ch. 159, § 51.Amended by 2011, c. 159,s. 51, 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
