A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, pursuant to other law of this state relating to a support order or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to Section 40-6A-316 NMSA 1978, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to Section 40-6A-317 NMSA 1978 and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to Section 40-6A-318 NMSA 1978. In all other respects, Sections 40-6A-301 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978 do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
History: Laws 2005, ch. 166, § 11; 2011, ch. 159, § 13.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler's note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, narrowed the scope of the inapplicable sections to Sections 40-6A-301 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978.
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