Child Custody
An explanation of what custody means and how it works.
By: New Mexico Legal Aid - ABQ [CLSC-funded]
Child Custody Issues in New Mexico
Guide to child custody issues in New Mexico.
By: Law Access New Mexico [CLSC-funded]
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Spanish / Espaņol
Domestic Violence Safety Tips
(Separate Website)
This is a list of tips which can help you if you are caught in domestic violence. They will help you and your family stay safe and get help.
By: American Bar Association
New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Member List
(Separate Website)
Places to get help for domestic violence.
By: New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Questions to Ask Before You Hire an Attorney for a Domestic Violence or Family Law Matter
(Separate Website)
Questions and answers about hiring an attorney, fees and costs associated with taking legal action, and more.
By: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Initiative
(Separate Website)
See what's being done nationally to stop teen dating violence.
By: American Bar Association
Teens and Domestic Violence
This is an article defines domestic violence at a teen level and gives advice to teen victims.
By: Valencia Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence
What Is Teen Dating Violence?
(Separate Website)
Learn how to know when you are dating a person who is trying to control you by hurting or scaring you. If you are afraid of your boy or girl friend, you should not be dating him/her.
By: ACADV
Youth in the Margins
(Separate Website)
A Report on the Unmet Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adolescents in Foster Care Including a Survey of Fourteen States and Proposals for Reform
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Child Support and Alimony from Military Personnel and Department of Defense Employees
(Separate Website)
Federal law authorizes the pay of active, reserve, and retired members of the military and the pay of civilian employees of the Federal government to be garnished (or attached) for the payment of child and/or spousal support. Go to this web page to find information about the process and location for getting a garnishment or wage attachment against any member of the military or any civilian employee of the Department of Defense (DOD).
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Common Questions about Alimony and Child Support from Military Personnel and Defense Employees
(Separate Website)
This web page contains answers to common questions about collecting child support and alimony from military personnel and employees of the Department of Defense.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Divorce and Insurance
(Separate Website)
After a divorce, you will still want to make sure that your children have health insurance. Learn how you can keep them covered.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
Divorce in New Mexico
What do I begin the divorce process in New Mexico?
By: Law Access New Mexico [CLSC-funded]
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Filing of Tax Returns by Divorced and Separated Individuals
If you were married as of December 31 of the applicable tax year, you are considered married for that year for the purposes of determining your filing status, regardless of the fact that you were divorced from your spouse on a later date. If you are divorced on or prior to December 31 of the applicable tax year, you are considered to be not married for that tax year.
By: Law Access New Mexico [CLSC-funded]
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Getting a Divorce or Legal Separation
Describes steps taken to get a divorce or legal separation.
By: New Mexico Legal Aid - ABQ [CLSC-funded]
Getting a Legal Separation
Explains how to get a legal separation and the difference between a diovrce and a legal separation.
By: New Mexico Legal Aid - ABQ [CLSC-funded]
Guide to Divorce in New Mexico
This piece describes what a divorce does, including the steps you take to get a divorce and explains terms you need to understand.
By: New Mexico Legal Aid - ABQ [CLSC-funded]
Pro Se Divorce Clinic
Ths article tells you who can use the clinic and how the clinic works.
By: New Mexico Legal Aid - ABQ [CLSC-funded]
Questions to Ask Before You Hire an Attorney for a Domestic Violence or Family Law Matter
(Separate Website)
Questions and answers about hiring an attorney, fees and costs associated with taking legal action, and more.
By: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Spousal Support/Alimony Issues
Guide to spousal support and alimony in New Mexico.
By: Law Access New Mexico [CLSC-funded]
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Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act
(Separate Website)
The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (the Act), 10 U.S.C. 1408, recognizes the right of state courts to distribute military retired pay to a spouse or former spouse (hereafter, the former spouse) and provides a method of enforcing these orders through the Department of Defense. The Act itself does not provide for an automatic entitlement to a portion of the member's retired pay to a former spouse. A former spouse must have been awarded a portion of a member's military retired pay as property in their final decree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal separation (the court order). The Act also provides a method of enforcing current child support and/or arrears and current alimony awarded in the court order.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
About Domestic Violence and Your Rights, Part 1
The first of two articles that describe domestic violence and discuss your rights and how to use them.
By: New Mexico Legal Aid - ABQ [CLSC-funded]
About Domestic Violence and Your Rights, Part 2
The second of two articles that describe domestic violence and discuss your rights and how to use them.
By: New Mexico Legal Aid - ABQ [CLSC-funded]
Are You Being Abused?
(Separate Website)
A discussion of what indicates domestic violence, and how to determine if you are a victim of it.
By: American Bar Association
Domestic Violence Court Forms
(Separate Website)
Forms used by the New Mexico Courts in Domestic Violence cases.
By: New Mexico Judiciary
Domestic Violence Safety Tips
(Separate Website)
This is a list of tips which can help you if you are caught in domestic violence. They will help you and your family stay safe and get help.
By: American Bar Association
Finding Help with Domestic Violence
More information about using computers and other means to find help.
By: New Mexico Legal Aid - ABQ [CLSC-funded]
How an Abuser Can Discover Your Internet Activities
(Separate Website)
This article talks about avoiding detection on the Internet. It is written to help those suffering domestic violence.
By: American Bar Association
How to Stop Domestic Violence
How to recognize domestic violence. What to do about it.
By: New Mexico Legal Aid - ABQ [CLSC-funded]
Impact of Domestic Violence in the Workplace
(Separate Website)
This article talks about how domestic violence hurts the worker on the job. Suggestions for reducing violence are listed at the bottom of the page.
By: American Bar Association
New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Member List
(Separate Website)
Places to get help for domestic violence.
By: New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Home Page
(Separate Website)
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