A. Chapter 32A, Article 3A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Family Services Act".
B. The Family Services Act shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate the following expressed legislative purposes:
(1) to recognize that many instances of a child's behavior are symptomatic of a family in need of family services; and
(2) to provide prevention, diversion and intervention services for a child or family.
History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-3A-1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 63; 2005, ch. 189, § 25.
ANNOTATIONSThe 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