New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 40 > Article 7 – Determination of Parentage


§ 40-6A-701	Definitions
§ 40-6A-702	Applicability
§ 40-6A-703	Relationship of human services department [health care authority department] to United States central authority
§ 40-6A-704	Initiation by human services department [health care authority department] of support proceeding under convention
§ 40-6A-705	Direct request
§ 40-6A-706	Registration of convention support order
§ 40-6A-707	Contest of registered convention support order
§ 40-6A-708	Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order
§ 40-6A-709	Partial enforcement
§ 40-6A-710	Foreign support agreement
§ 40-6A-711	Modification of convention child-support order
§ 40-6A-712	Personal information; limit on use
§ 40-6A-713	Record in original language; English translation

Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
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.


§ 40-11A-701	Scope of article
§ 40-11A-702	Parental status of donor
§ 40-11A-703	Parentage of child of assisted reproduction
§ 40-11A-704	Consent to assisted reproduction
§ 40-11A-705	Limitation on husband’s dispute of paternity
§ 40-11A-706	Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent
§ 40-11A-707	Parental status of deceased person