{"data":{"id":"us-nm/40-11a-201","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"40-11A-201","heading":"Establishment of parent-child relationship.","body":"A. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:\n(1) the woman's having given birth to the child;\n(2) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; or\n(3) adoption of the child by the woman.\nB. The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:\n(1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child pursuant to Section 2-204 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act;\n(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paternity by the man pursuant to Article 3 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;\n(3) an adjudication of the man's paternity;\n(4) adoption of the child by the man; or\n(5) the man's having consented to assisted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.","path":["Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs","ARTICLE 11A New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18540/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"00050bd4e83790abdd53feb63f13464468798bc092c14e93e193b57a7357a6dd","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/40-11a-106","next":"us-nm/40-11a-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}