Chapter 40, Article 9 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the 'Grandparent's Visitation Privileges Act'. History: 1978 Comp., § 40-9-1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 93, § 1. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1993, ch. 93, § 1 repealed former 40-9-1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 13, § 1, relating to visitation privileges upon judgments of dissolution of marriage, legal separation or parentage, and enacted a new section effective July 1, 1993. Law reviews. — For article, 'Survey of New Mexico Law, 1979-80: Domestic Relations and Juvenile Law,' see 11 N.M.L. Rev. 134 (1981). For note, 'Family Law - A Limitation on Grandparental Rights in New Mexico: Christian Placement Service v. Gordon,' see 17 N.M.L. Rev. 207 (1987). Annual Survey of New Mexico Family Law, see 17 N.M.L. Rev. 291 (1987). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Grandparents' visitation rights, 90 A.L.R.3d 222. Religion as factor in child custody and visitation cases, 22 A.L.R.4th 971. Grandparents' visitation rights where child's parents are deceased, or where status of parents is unspecified, 69 A.L.R.5th 1. Grandparent's visitation rights where child's parents are living, 71 A.L.R.5th 99.
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