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2024 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs
Article 3 - Property Rights
Section 40-3-15 - Joinder of minor spouse in conveyances, mortgages and leases.
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NM Stat § 40-3-15 (2024)
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A married person under the age of majority may join with his or her spouse in all transactions for which joinder is required by Section 40-3-13 NMSA 1978 and such joinder shall have the same force and effect as if the minor spouse had attained his or her majority at the time of the execution of the instrument.
History: 1953 Comp., § 57-4A-9, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 320, § 11.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For age of majority, see 28-6-1 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 43 C.J.S. Infants § 141.
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