HB 412
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AN ACT
RELATING TO DOMESTIC AFFAIRS; REVISING THE BASIC CHILD SUPPORT
SCHEDULE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 40-4-11.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
1988, Chapter 87, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
"40-4-11.1. CHILD SUPPORT--GUIDELINES.--
A. In any action to establish or modify child
support, the child support guidelines as set forth in this
section shall be applied to determine the child support due
and shall be a rebuttable presumption for the amount of such
child support. Every decree or judgment of child support that
deviates from the guideline amount shall contain a statement
of the reasons for the deviation.
B. The purposes of the child support guidelines
are to:
(1) establish as state policy an adequate
standard of support for children, subject to the ability of
parents to pay;
(2) make awards more equitable by ensuring
more consistent treatment of persons in similar circumstances;
and
(3) improve the efficiency of the court
process by promoting settlements and giving courts and the