2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs
Article 1 - Marriage in General
Section 40-1-16 - Application of law.
A. A child born to parents who are not married to each other has the same rights pursuant to the law as a child born to parents who are married to each other.
B. Nothing in Chapter 40, Article 1 NMSA 1978 shall be construed to in any manner interfere with the records kept by any civil magistrate, religious society, church organization or federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or with any additional form of ceremony, regulation or requirement prescribed by them.
History: Laws 1905, ch. 65, § 5; Code 1915, § 3439; C.S. 1929, § 87-118; 1941 Comp., § 65-114; 1953 Comp., § 57-1-14; 2013, ch. 144, § 11.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, provided for the legal rights of children born to parents who are not married to each other; added the title; added Subsection A; and in Subsection B, after "church organization", added "or federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo".
