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N.M. Stat. § 40-10A-403 (2026)

Transitional provision

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A motion or other request for relief made in a child-custody proceeding or to enforce a child-custody determination which was commenced before the effective date of the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion or other request was made.

History: Laws 2001, ch. 114, § 403.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2003–2004 · leading case: Seipert v. Johnson, 2003-NMCA-119, 77 P.3d 298.
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Seipert v. Johnson, 2003-NMCA-119, 77 P.3d 298. · cites it 2× “However, a transitional provision of the UCCJEA provides that “[a] motion or other request for relief made in a child-custody proceeding or to enforce a child-custody determination which was commenced before the effective date of the [UCCJEA] is governed by the law in effect at…”
Escobar v. Reisinger, 2003-NMCA-047, 64 P.3d 514. · cites it 2× “” Section 40-10A-403. We therefore apply the CCJA in deciding this appeal.”
Bursum v. Bursum, 2004-NMCA-133, 102 P.3d 651. · cites it 2× “” NMSA 1978, § 40-10A-403 (2001). However, although New Mexico now follows the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), NMSA 1978, §§ 40-10A-101 to-403 (2001), the child custody law governing this case is the now-repealed Child Custody Jurisdiction Act…”
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