A. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978, Sections 40-6A-605 through 40-6A-608 NMSA 1978 apply to a contest of a registered convention support order.B. A party contesting a registered convention support order shall file a contest not later than thirty days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than sixty days after notice of the registration.C. If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered convention support order by the time specified in Subsection B of this section, the order is enforceable.D. A contest of a registered convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in Section 40-6A-708 NMSA 1978. The contesting party bears the burden of proof.E. In a contest of a registered convention support order, a tribunal of this state:
(1) is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction; and(2) may not review the merits of the order.F. A tribunal of this state deciding a contest of a registered convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision.G. A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.
NMS § 40-6A-707
1978 Comp., § 40-6A-707, enacted by Laws 2011, ch. 159, § 59.Added by 2011, c. 159,s. 59, eff. Effective 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.
