2006 New Mexico Statutes - 45-2-114 — Parent and child relationship.
45-2-114. Parent and child relationship.
A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this section, for purposes of intestate succession by, through or from a person, an individual is the child of his natural parents, regardless of their marital status. The parent and child relationship may be established under the Uniform Parentage Act.
B. An adopted individual is the child of his adopting parent or parents and not of his natural parents, but adoption of a child by the spouse of either natural parent has no effect on:
(1) the relationship between the child and that natural parent; or
(2) the right of the child or a descendant of the child to inherit from or through that nonsevered natural parent.
C. Inheritance from or through a child by either natural parent or his kindred is precluded unless that natural parent has openly treated the child as his and has not refused to support the child.
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