New Mexico Statutes
§ 40-2-8 — [Extent of mutual alteration of legal relations.]
New Mexico § 40-2-8
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 40-2-8 (2026).
Text
A husband and wife cannot by any contract with each other alter their legal relations, except of their property, and except that they may agree in writing, to an immediate separation, and may make provisions for the support of either of them and of their children during their separation.
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Legislative History
Laws 1907, ch. 37, § 5; Code 1915, § 2782; C.S. 1929, § 68-510; 1941 Comp.,
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 40-2-8, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/40/40-2-8.