{"data":{"id":"us-nm/32a-3b-1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"32A-3B-1","heading":"Short title; purpose.","body":"A. Chapter 32A, Article 3B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the \"Family in Need of Court-Ordered Services Act\".\nB. The Family in Need of Court-Ordered Services Act shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate the following expressed legislative purposes:\n(1) through court intervention, to provide services for a family in need of services when voluntary services have been exhausted; and\n(2) to recognize that many instances of truancy and running away by a child are symptomatic of a family in need of services and that in some family situations the child and parent are unable to share a residence.","path":["Chapter 32A - Children's Code","ARTICLE 3B Families in Need of Court-Ordered Services"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18532/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"c5ca67e324e2ea42695c8d5b807c06ee02470a537a8a60285f01c15f391afc45","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/32a-3a-25","next":"us-nm/32a-3b-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}