New Mexico § 32A-5-39 Recognition of foreign decrees

New Mexico Statutes

§ 32A-5-39 — Recognition of foreign decrees

New Mexico § 32A-5-39

Ch. 32AChildren's Code

Art. 5Adoptions

This text of New Mexico § 32A-5-39 (Recognition of foreign decrees) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 32A-5-39 (2026).

Text

A.Every decree or order of adoption terminating the parent-child relationship or establishing the relationship of parent and child by adoption entered by a court or other entity in another country acting pursuant to that country's law or pursuant to any convention or treaty or intercountry adoption that the United States has ratified shall be recognized in this state, so that the rights and obligations of the parties as to matters within the jurisdiction of this state shall be determined as though the decree or order of adoption were issued by the courts of this state.

B.A convention adoption in a foreign country that is certified by the United States secretary of state shall be recognized as a final adoption in this state.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

A. Every decree or order of adoption terminating the parent-child relationship or establishing the relationship of parent and child by adoption entered by a court or other entity in another country acting pursuant to that country's law or pursuant to any convention or treaty or intercountry adoption that the United States has ratified shall be recognized in this state, so that the rights and obligations of the parties as to matters within the jurisdiction of this state shall be determined as though the decree or order of adoption were issued by the courts of this state. B. A convention adoption in a foreign country that is certified by the United States secretary of state shall be recognized as a final adoption in this state.