2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A: Children's Code
Article 9: Children's Shelter Care, 32A-9-1 through 32A-9-7
Section 32A-9-6: Eligibility of child for placement.
32A-9-6. Eligibility of child for placement.
A child is eligible to be placed in a community-based shelter-care facility provided for under Section 5 [32A-9-5 NMSA 1978] of the Children's Shelter Care Act if:
A. the child is an alleged child in need of supervision; a child in need of supervision; or
B. the child is an alleged delinquent child and there is no probable cause to believe that the child will injure others or himself, run away or be taken away so as to be unavailable for proceedings of the court or its officers.
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