New Mexico Statutes
§ 30-6-2 — Abandonment of dependent
New Mexico § 30-6-2
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-6-2 (2026).
Text
Abandonment of dependent consists of a person having the ability and means to provide for his spouse or minor child's support and abandoning or failing to provide for the support of such dependent. Whoever commits abandonment of dependent is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 40A-6-2, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 6-2; 1969, ch. 182,
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 30-6-2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/30/30-6-2.