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New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978

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Adoptions

State of New Mexico

32A-5-1Short title 32A-5-2Purpose 32A-5-3Definitions 32A-5-3.1Applicability of terms 32A-5-4Application of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 32A-5-5Indian child placement preferences 32A-5-6Authority of the department 32A-5-7Clerk of the court; duties 32A-5-8Confidentiality of records 32A-5-9Caption 32A-5-10Venue 32A-5-11Who may be adopted; who may adopt 32A-5-12Placement for adoption; restrictions; full disclosure 32A-5-13Independent adoptions; request for placement; placement order; certification 32A-5-14Pre-placement study 32A-5-14.1Criminal history records check; background checks 32A-5-15Termination of parental rights 32A-5-16Termination procedures 32A-5-17Persons whose consents or relinquishments are required 32A-5-18Implied consent or relinquishment 32A-5-19Persons whose consents or relinquishments are not required 32A-5-20Putative father registry; notice; penalty 32A-5-21Form of consent or relinquishment 32A-5-22Persons required to receive counseling; content and form of counseling 32A-5-23Persons who may take consents or relinquishments; accounting of disbursements 32A-5-24Relinquishments to the department 32A-5-25Petition; time of filing 32A-5-26Petition; content 32A-5-27Notice of petition; form of service; waiver 32A-5-28Response to petition 32A-5-29Custody pending decree 32A-5-30Removal of adoptee from the county 32A-5-31Post-placement report 32A-5-32Stepparent adoptions 32A-5-33Appointment of guardian ad litem or attorney for the adoptee or other party 32A-5-34Fees and charges; damages 32A-5-35Open adoptions 32A-5-36Adjudication; disposition; decree of adoption 32A-5-37Status of adoptee and petitioner upon entry of decree of adoption 32A-5-38Birth certificates 32A-5-39Recognition of foreign decrees 32A-5-39.1Application of the federal Intercountry Adoption Act 32A-5-40Post-decree of adoption access to records 32A-5-41Appointment of confidential intermediary 32A-5-42Penalties 32A-5-42.1Unauthorized adoption facilitation; penalties 32A-5-42.2Advertising adoption services; requirements; penalties 32A-5-43Purpose of subsidized adoptions 32A-5-44Eligibility for subsidized adoptions 32A-5-45Administration of subsidized adoptions 32A-5-46Confirmatory adoption