2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 2 - Intestate Succession and Wills
Part 10 - INTERNATIONAL WILLS
Section 45-2-1008 - Source and construction.
Sections 45-2-1101 through 45-2-1107 NMSA 1978 [45-2-1001 to 45-2-1007 NMSA 1978] derive from annex to convention of October 26, 1973, providing a uniform law on the form of an international will. In interpreting and applying Sections 45-2-1101 through 45-2-1110 NMSA 1978 [45-2-1001 to 45-2-1010 NMSA 1978], regard shall be had to its international origin and to the need for uniformity in its interpretation.
History: 1978 Comp., § 45-2-1108, enacted by Laws 1992, ch. 66, § 14; recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 45-2-1008 by Laws 1993, ch. 174, § 67.
ANNOTATIONSOfficial comments. — See Commissioners on Uniform State Law official comment to 2-10081 UPC.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. The bracketed translations were inserted in light of the 1993 recompilation of this part.
