If the department is the child's representative payee, upon termination of the department's legal custody of a child, the department shall release any remaining funds to the child's credit pursuant to the requirements of the funding source. In the absence of any requirements, the department shall release the funds to:

1. A. the child, if the child is at least eighteen years old or emancipated; or
2. B. the child's parent or guardian, if the child is younger than eighteen years old or not emancipated.

History: Laws 2025, ch. 12, § 6.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2025, ch. 12 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 20, 2025, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.