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