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N.M. Stat. § 32A-3B-1 (2026)

Short title; purpose.

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A. Chapter 32A, Article 3B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Family in Need of
Court-Ordered Services Act".

   B. The Family in Need of Court-Ordered Services Act shall be interpreted and
construed to effectuate the following expressed legislative purposes:

       (1)  through court intervention, to provide services for a family in need of
services when voluntary services have been exhausted; and

       (2)   to recognize that many instances of truancy and running away by a child
are symptomatic of a family in need of services and that in some family situations the
child and parent are unable to share a residence.

History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-3B-1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 73; 2005, ch. 189,
§ 29.

                                     ANNOTATIONS

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, stated the title of the act in Subsection
A and deleted the former statement that the purpose of the act is to determine whether
learning problems are a cause of a child's absence form school and the steps to
overcome the learning problems.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2018 · leading case: Am. Civil Liberties Union v. City of Albuquerque, 992 P.2d 866 (N.M. 1999).
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Am. Civil Liberties Union v. City of Albuquerque, 992 P.2d 866 (N.M. 1999). · cites it 4× “Even assuming that children apprehended during the STOP program were taken into protective custody rather than "arrested," we hold, for the following reasons, that the STOP program was *874 inconsistent with express provisions of the Children's Code. {21} The Delinquency Act…”
State v. Roeper, 433 P.3d 311 (N.M. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “Section 32A-3A-1(B) ; see NMSA 1978, § 32A-3B-1(B)(2) (2005) (expressing legislative purpose of the Family in Need of Court-Ordered Services Act "to recognize that many instances of truancy .”
State v. Roeper, 2019 NMCA 1 (N.M. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “Section 32A-3A-1(B); see NMSA 1978, § 32A-3B-1(B)(2) (2005) (expressing legislative purpose of the Family in Need of Court-Ordered Services Act “to recognize that many instances of truancy .”
N.M. Stat. § 32A-3B-1(B)(2): 2 cases
State v. Roeper, 433 P.3d 311 (N.M. Ct. App. 2018). “Section 32A-3A-1(B) ; see NMSA 1978, § 32A-3B-1(B)(2) (2005) (expressing legislative purpose of the Family in Need of Court-Ordered Services Act "to recognize that many instances of truancy .”
State v. Roeper, 2019 NMCA 1 (N.M. Ct. App. 2018). “Section 32A-3A-1(B); see NMSA 1978, § 32A-3B-1(B)(2) (2005) (expressing legislative purpose of the Family in Need of Court-Ordered Services Act “to recognize that many instances of truancy .”
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