Parties to proceeding.

1. Law
2. New Mexico Statutes
3. Domestic Affairs
4. New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act
5. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE
6. Nature of Proceeding
7. Parties to proceeding.

The following persons shall be joined as parties in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage:

A. the mother of the child; and

B. a man whose paternity of the child is to be adjudicated.

History: Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 6-603.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 20 made the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act effective January 1, 2010.

Child not automatically party. — Nothing in the statute indicates that a child is automatically a party by virtue of the fact that a child could benefit from the proceedings. Webb v. Menix, 2004-NMCA-048, 135 N.M. 531, 90 P.3d 989.

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