New Mexico Statutes 32A-9-6. Eligibility of child for placement
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A child is eligible to be placed in a community-based shelter-care facility provided for under Section 5 [32A-9-5 N.M. Stat. Ann.] of the Children’s Shelter Care Act if:
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 32A-9-6
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
A. the child is an alleged child in need of supervision; a child in need of supervision;
or
B. the child is an alleged delinquent child and there is no probable cause to believe that the child will injure others or himself, run away or be taken away so as to be unavailable for proceedings of the court or its officers.