Chapter 32A, Article 3A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the 'Voluntary Placement and Family Services Act'. History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-3A-1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 63; 2005, ch. 189, § 25; 2023, ch. 90, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, changed the name of the Family Services Act to the Voluntary Placement and Family Services Act, and removed provisions related to the purpose of the Family Services Act; in the section heading, deleted 'purpose'; after 'cited as the', added 'Voluntary Placement and'; and deleted Subsection B. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, stated the title of the act in Subsection A and provided in Subsection B that the purpose of the Family Services Act is to recognize that a child's behavior is symptomatic of a need for family services, to provide prevention, diversion and intervention services
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