New Mexico § 40-11A-201 Establishment of parent-child relationship

New Mexico Statutes

§ 40-11A-201 — Establishment of parent-child relationship

New Mexico § 40-11A-201

Ch. 40Domestic Affairs

Art. 2PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 40-11A-201 (2026).

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A. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

(1)the woman's having given birth to the child;

(2)an adjudication of the woman's maternity; or (3) adoption of the child by the woman. B. The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

(1)an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child pursuant to Section 2-204 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act;

(2)an effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man pursuant to Article 3 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

(3)an adjudication of the man's paternity;

(4)adoption of the child by the man; or (5) the man's having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman pursuant to Article 7 of th

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A. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by: (1) the woman's having given birth to the child; (2) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; or (3) adoption of the child by the woman. B. The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by: (1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child pursuant to Section 2-204 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act; (2) an effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man pursuant to Article 3 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged; (3) an adjudication of the man's paternity; (4) adoption of the child by the man; or (5) the man's having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman pursuant to Article 7 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act that resulted in the birth of the child.