2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 28 - Human Rights
Article 16B - Office of Guardianship
Section 28-16B-2 - Office of guardianship; created; staff.
A. The "office of guardianship" is created in the developmental disabilities planning council.
B. The executive director of the developmental disabilities planning council shall employ a head of the office who shall be an attorney licensed in New Mexico who is hired on the basis of ability, experience and knowledge of guardianship issues under the Uniform Probate Code [Chapter 45 NMSA 1978]. The position shall be classified pursuant to the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978].
C. Subject to appropriations, the executive director may hire such other professional and clerical staff as necessary to carry out the purposes of the office.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 280, § 2; 2021, ch. 128, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, required the head of the office of guardianship to be an attorney licensed in New Mexico; in Subsection B, after "The", added "executive", and after "who shall be", added "an attorney licensed in New Mexico who is"; and in Subsection C, after "appropriations, the", added "executive".
