A. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: (1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or (2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order. B. A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 206; 2005, ch. 166, § 7; 2011, ch. 159, § 9. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, made stylistic changes. through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978. The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, made stylistic changes. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added Subsections (a)(1) and (2) to provide that a New Mexico tribunal may request a tribunal of another state to enforce a New Mexico child-support order or a money judgment for arrears of support; deleted language in Subsection (b) which provided that if a party did not reside in the issuing state, then a tribunal could receive evidence or discovery from another state; and deleted Subsection (c) which provided that a New Mexico tribunal that lacks jurisdiction over a spousal order cannot serve as a responding tribunal to modify the other of another state.
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