New Mexico Statutes 40-6A-301. Proceedings under the Uniform Interstate Family
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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 40-6A-301
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A. Except as otherwise provided in the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, Sections 40-6A-301 through 40-6A-319 N.M. Stat. Ann. apply to all proceedings pursuant to that act.
B. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.