40-11A-201: Establishment of parent-child relationship.

A. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

(1) the woman's having given birth to the child;

(2) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; or

(3) adoption of the child by the woman.

B. The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

(1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child pursuant to Section 2-204 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act;

(2) an effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man pursuant to Article 3 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

(3) an adjudication of the man's paternity;

(4) adoption of the child by the man; or

(5) the man's having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman pursuant to Article 7 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act that resulted in the birth of the child.