SENATE BILL 405

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

INTRODUCED BY

Patrick H. Lyons







AN ACT

RELATING TO DOMESTIC AFFAIRS; CHANGING THE RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT FOR VENUE SELECTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 40-4-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1901, Chapter 62, Section 24, as amended) is amended to read:

"40-4-4. VENUE--JURISDICTION OVER PROPERTY.--Any proceeding for the dissolution of marriage, division of property, disposition of children or alimony, as provided for in [this] Chapter 40, Article 4 NMSA 1978, may be instituted in the county where either of the parties [resides] has resided for at least thirty days. In such proceedings, the court shall have jurisdiction of all property of the parties, wherever located or situated in the state."

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