A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act which enforces a child-custody determination by a court of another state, unless the order has been vacated, stayed or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under Article 2 of that act.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 114, § 313.
Law reviews. — For Annual Survey of New Mexico Family Law, see 17 N.M.L. Rev. 291 (1987).
For note, "Domestic Relations - An Interpretation of the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act and the New Mexico Child Custody Jurisdiction Act; State ex rel. Dept. of Human Servs. v. Avinger," see 17 N.M.L. Rev. 409 (1987).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Recognition and enforcement of out-of-state custody decree under § 13 of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) or the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA), 28 USCS § 1738A(a), 40 A.L.R.5th 227.
Abandonment jurisdiction of court under §§ 3(a)(3)(i) and 14(a) of Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1738A(c)(2)(C)(i) and 1738A(f), notwithstanding existence of prior valid custody decree rendered by second state, 78 A.L.R.5th 465.
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