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2025 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 28 - Indian Family Protection
- Section 32A-28-1 - Short title.
- Section 32A-28-2 - Definitions.
- Section 32A-28-3 - Indian child's domicile; determination of domicile and residence.
- Section 32A-28-4 - Active efforts required in child custody proceedings, including voluntary placement agreements.
- Section 32A-28-5 - Notice to Indian tribes.
- Section 32A-28-6 - Tribal membership; department assistance.
- Section 32A-28-7 - Indian child custody proceedings; jurisdiction; transfer.
- Section 32A-28-8 - Tribal-state agreements.
- Section 32A-28-9 - Full faith and credit.
- Section 32A-28-10 - Right to services.
- Section 32A-28-11 - Temporary emergency jurisdiction.
- Section 32A-28-12 - Investigations.
- Section 32A-28-13 - Pending court proceedings; notice; standards of evidence; documentation of applicability and compliance.
- Section 32A-28-14 - Intervention.
- Section 32A-28-15 - Petition; form and content.
- Section 32A-28-16 - Record of Indian child's tribe; Indian tribe's right to participate.
- Section 32A-28-17 - Qualified expert witness.
- Section 32A-28-18 - Voluntary placement agreements; parental rights; consent; withdrawal; fraud or duress.
- Section 32A-28-19 - Termination of parental rights.
- Section 32A-28-20 - Petition to court to invalidate action.
- Section 32A-28-21 - Placement preferences; foster care placement; adoption; guardianship; placement of Indian children.
- Section 32A-28-22 - Indian Family Protection Act responsiveness training.
- Section 32A-28-23 - Adoptive and guardianship placements; maintenance of culture; cultural compacts.
- Section 32A-28-24 - Transition services.
- Section 32A-28-25 - Discharge hearing.
- Section 32A-28-26 - Abuse or neglect predisposition studies; reports and examinations.
- Section 32A-28-27 - Permanency hearings; permanency review hearings.
- Section 32A-28-28 - Dispositional judgments; court findings.
- Section 32A-28-29 - Periodic review of dispositional judgments.
- Section 32A-28-30 - Permanent guardianship.
- Section 32A-28-31 - Independent adoptions; pre-placement studies.
- Section 32A-28-32 - Termination procedures in independent adoptions; notice of petition; burden of proof; required findings.
- Section 32A-28-33 - Persons whose consents or relinquishments are required in an independent adoption.
- Section 32A-28-34 - Adjudication; disposition; decree of adoption; invalidation.
- Section 32A-28-35 - Return of custody.
- Section 32A-28-36 - Best interests of Indian child.
- Section 32A-28-37 - Access to post-decree adoption records; tribal affiliation and other information.
- Section 32A-28-38 - Adoption decrees; information availability.
- Section 32A-28-39 - Confidentiality; records; penalty.
- Section 32A-28-40 - Indian Family Protection Act supplemental to other provisions of law; conflict of laws.
- Section 32A-28-41 - Office of tribal affairs; creation.
- Section 32A-28-42 - Indian child welfare rules.
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