New Mexico Statutes
§ 24-9-1 — Sterilization; consent of abandoning spouse unnecessary
New Mexico § 24-9-1
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 24-9-1 (2026).
Text
Any person, otherwise capable of consenting to medical treatment, need not obtain the consent of his spouse for his voluntary medical sterilization if such person has been abandoned by his spouse.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 12-3-43, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 14, § 3; 1973, ch. 266, § 1.
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 24-9-1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/24/24-9-1.