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2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 3B - Families in Need of Court-Ordered Services
Section 32A-3B-20 - Parental responsibility. (1993)


NM Stat § 32A-3B-20 (2013) What's This?

32A-3B-20. Parental responsibility. (1993) 
A.   The court shall order the parent to pay the reasonable costs of support and maintenance of the child that the parent is financially able to pay if a child is adjudicated to be a child of a family in need of court-ordered services and the court orders the child placed with an agency or individual other than the parent. The court may use the child support guidelines set forth in Section 40-4-11.1 NMSA 1978 to calculate a reasonable payment.   
B.   The court may enforce any of its orders issued pursuant to this section by use of its contempt power.   
  History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-3B-20, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 92. 

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