New Mexico Statutes

N.M. Stat. § 22-7-4 (2026)

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History: 1953 Comp., § 77-4A-4, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 308, § 4; 1978 Comp.,
§22-7-4, recompiled and amended as § 1-25-3 Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 161.

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Recompilations. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 161 recompiled and amended former 22-7-4
NMSA 1978 as 1-25-3 NMSA 1978, effective April 3, 2019.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1958–1976 · leading case: Worland v. Worland, 551 P.2d 981 (N.M. 1976).

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Worland v. Worland, 551 P.2d 981 (N.M. 1976). · cites it 3× “* * * ” Section 22-7-4, N.M.S.A., 1953 (Supp. 1975).”

Wallace v. Wallace, 320 P.2d 1020 (N.M. 1958). · cites it 6× “” Section 22-7-4, 1953 Compilation provides as follows: “Residence requirement.”

Heckathorn v. Heckathorn, 423 P.2d 410 (N.M. 1967). “1953; the applicable portion states that plaintiff: “ * * * [Mjust have been an actual resident, * * * of the state for one (1) year next preceding the filing of * * * her complaint; * * * ” The complaint contained no such allegation.”

Davey v. Davey, 422 P.2d 38 (N.M. 1967). “The statute under which the action was brought, § 22-7-4, N.M.S.A., 1953, provides: “The plaintiff in action for the dissolution of the bonds of matrimony must have been an .”

Smith v. State, 444 P.2d 961 (N.M. 1968). “Crownover, supra, in passing on a statute giving our courts jurisdiction to grant divorces to persons in the military service and living on military bases located in New Mexico (§ 22-7-4, N.M.S.A.1953), it is stated that “the concept of exclusive jurisdiction of the United…”

Smith v. State, 444 P.2d 961 (N.M. 1968). “Crownover, supra, in passing on a statute giving our courts jurisdiction to grant divorces to persons in the military service and living on military bases located in New Mexico (§ 22-7-4, N.M.S.A. 1953), it is stated that "the concept of exclusive jurisdiction of the United…”

Bernstein v. Bernstein, 388 P.2d 187 (N.M. 1964). “1953) provided that, “The several district courts within and for the Territory [state] of New Mexico are hereby vested with full power and authority to decree divorces * * * ”; and following the quoted section appeared § 25 (now § 22-7-4, N.M.S.A.1953, although amended by adding…”

Langdon v. Jaramillo, 454 P.2d 269 (N.M. 1969). · cites it 2× “" (§ 22-7-4, N.M.S.A., 1953). The amendment had followed two decisions by this court.”

Roebuck v. Roebuck, 529 P.2d 762 (N.M. 1974). · cites it 4× “— The plaintiff in action for the dissolution of the bonds of matrimony must have been an actual resident, in good faith, of the state for one (1) year next preceding the filing of his or her complaint; Provided, however, that in a suit for the dissolution of the bonds of…”

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