{"data":{"id":"us-nm/30-3-11","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"30-3-11","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Crimes Against Household Members Act:\nA. \"household member\" means a spouse, former spouse, parent, present or former stepparent, present or former parent in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, a co-parent of a child or a person with whom a person has had a continuing personal relationship. Cohabitation is not necessary to be deemed a household member for the purposes of the Crimes Against Household Members Act;\nB. \"continuing personal relationship\" means a dating or intimate relationship;\nC. \"strangulation\" means the unlawful touching or application of force to another person's neck or throat with intent to injure that person and in a manner whereby great bodily harm or death can be inflicted, the result of which impedes the person's normal breathing or blood circulation; and\nD. \"suffocation\" means the unlawful touching or application of force that blocks the nose or mouth of another person with intent to injure that person and in a manner whereby great bodily harm or death can be inflicted, the result of which impedes the person's normal breathing or blood circulation.","path":["Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses","ARTICLE 3 Assault and Battery"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18530/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"ee2981d44868ade739930168e217cc35c523347b61f85c178dbeafb032790472","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/30-3-10","next":"us-nm/30-3-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}