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N.M. Stat. § 32A-5-7
New Mexico Statutes
Chapter
32A. Children's Code
Article
5. Adoption Act
§ 32A-5-7. Clerk of the court; duties
A. The clerk of the court shall file pleadings captioned pursuant to the
provisions of Section 32A-5-9 NMSA 1978. The clerk of the court shall
not file incorrectly captioned pleadings.
B.
The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the request for placement
to the department within one working day of the request for placement
being filed with the court. The attorney for the person requesting placement
shall provide to the clerk of the court a copy of the request for placement
and a stamped envelope addressed to the department as specified in department
regulation.
C.
The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the petition for adoption
within one
working day of the petition for adoption being filed with the court. The
attorney for the petitioner shall provide to the clerk of the court a
copy of the petition for adoption and a stamped envelope addressed to
the department as specified in department regulation.
D.
The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the decree of adoption to
the department within one working day of the entry of the decree of adoption.
The attorney for the petitioner shall provide to the clerk of the court
a copy of the decree of adoption and a stamped envelope addressed to the
department as specified in department regulation.
E.
In any adoption involving an Indian child, the clerk of the court shall
provide the secretary of the interior with a copy of any decree of adoption
or adoptive placement order and other information as required by the federal
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. The attorney for the petitioner shall
provide to the clerk of the court a copy of an adoption decree, an adoptive
placement order, any other information required by the federal Indian
Child Welfare Act of 1978 [FN1]
and a stamped envelope addressed to the secretary of
the interior.
F.
The clerk of the court shall provide a certificate of adoption with an
adoptee's new name.
G.
The attorney for the petitioner shall forward the certificate of adoption
provided for in Subsection F of this section as follows:
(1)
for a person born in the United States, to the appropriate vital statistics
office of the place, if known, where the adoptee was born; or
(2)
for all other persons, to the state registrar of vital statistics.
L.
1993, Ch. 77, § 134; L. 1995, Ch. 206, § 28, eff. July 1, 1995;
L. 2005, Ch. 189, § 59, eff. June 17, 2005.
[FN1]
25 U.S.C.A. § 1901 et seq.
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