Links to State and Tribal Child Welfare Law and Policy - New Mexico
Date: August 2024
STATUTES
Website: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/nav_date.do
Citations:
- Adoption: chapter 32A, article 5; chapter 40, article 7B
- Child protection: chapter 32A, article 4
- Child welfare: chapter 32A, articles 3A, 3B, 4 (§§ 32A-4-25–32A-4-35), 11, 12, 17; chapter 40, articles 7A, 15, 16
- Guardianship: chapter 32A, article 4 (§§ 32A-4-31, 32A-4-32); chapter 40, article 10B
- Youth services: chapter 32A, article 4 (§§ 32A-4-25.2, 32A-4-25.3)
- Indian child welfare: chapter 32A, article 28, Indian Family Protection Act; chapter 32A, articles 1 (§§ 32A-1-8, 32A-1-14.1), 5 (§§ 32A-5-4, 32A-5-5, 32A-5-13, 32A-5-26, 32A-5-28); chapter 40, article 10A (§ 40-10A-104)
REGULATION/ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Website: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmac/en/nav_date.do
Note:
See title 8, chapters 8, 10, and 26.
AGENCY POLICIES
Website: https://cyfd.org/for-providers/info-and-manuals
OTHER RESOURCES
Tribal codes:
- Mescalero Apache Tribe, Tribal Code
- Pueblo of Acoma, Law and Order Code
- Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, title IX, Zuni Children's Code
- Pueblo of Isleta, Regulations, Ordinances, and Standards
- Pueblo of Pojoaque, Law and Order Code
- Pueblo de San Ildefonso, Code
- Santa Ana Pueblo, Ordinances, Laws, Codes, and Rules
New Mexico Court Rules
University of New Mexico School of Law's New Mexico Child Welfare Handbook