New Mexico Statutes
§ 43-1-5 — Competence
New Mexico § 43-1-5
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 43-1-5 (2026).
Text
Neither the fact that a person has been accepted at or admitted to a hospital or institutional facility, nor the receiving of mental health or developmental disability treatment services, shall constitute a sufficient basis for a finding of incompetence or the denial of any right or benefit of whatever nature which he would have otherwise.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 34-2A-4, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 279, § 4.
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 43-1-5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/43/43-1-5.