New Mexico Statutes

§ 27-1-12 — Work requirement for persons owing past-due child

New Mexico § 27-1-12
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 27Public Assistance
Art. 1General Provisions

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 27-1-12 (2026).

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support. The state Title IV-D agency must have and use procedures under which the state has the authority, in any case in which an individual owes past-due support with respect to a child receiving assistance under a state program funded under temporary assistance for needy families, to issue an order or to request that a court or an administrative process established pursuant to state law issue an order that requires the individual to: A. pay such support in accordance with a plan approved by the court, or at the option of the state, a plan approved by the state Title IV-D agency; or B. if the individual is subject to such a plan and is not incapacitated, participate in such work activities as the court, or at the option of the state, the state Title IV-D agency, deems appropriate.

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Legislative History

Laws 1997, ch. 237, § 22.

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