{"data":{"id":"us-nm/40-6a-401","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"40-6A-401","heading":"Establishment of support order.","body":"A. If a support order entitled to recognition pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:\n(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or\n(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.\nB. The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:\n(1) a presumed father of the child;\n(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;\n(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;\n(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;\n(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;\n(6) an acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law;\n(7) the mother of the child; or\n(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.\nC. Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Section 40-6A-305 NMSA 1978.","path":["Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs","ARTICLE 6A Uniform Interstate Family Support"],"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":"00aa4a707f110993e73e9125bee5e91c620789b55d62ecd6aa19408512740da0","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/40-6a-319","next":"us-nm/40-6a-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}