{"data":{"id":"us-nm/40-6a-704","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"40-6A-704","heading":"Initiation by human services department [health care authority department] of support proceeding under convention.","body":"A. In a support proceeding pursuant to Sections 40-6A-701 through 40-6A-713 NMSA 1978, the human services department [health care authority department] of this state shall:\n(1) transmit and receive applications; and\n(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.\nB. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee pursuant to the convention:\n(1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;\n(3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused pursuant to Paragraph (2), (4) or (9) of Subsection B of Section 40-6A-708 NMSA 1978;\n(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\nC. The following support proceedings are available pursuant to the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n(1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;\n(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\nD. A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings pursuant to the convention.","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":"eb42763a827185d28fbf7cdba1423a1f1c72bd08ef8a84eb2a010e7059c2168a","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/40-6a-703","next":"us-nm/40-6a-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}