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This research guide is intended to be used as a starting point for research in family law at the UNM Law Library. It includes both primary and secondary materials, in both print and electronic formats. If you have any questions, please contact the Law Library’s reference desk at (505) 277-0935 or at reference@law.unm.edu.

Family Law Research Guide

Primary

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New Mexico cases on Westlaw
New Mexico cases on Lexis
New Mexico statutes on Westlaw
New Mexico statutes on Lexis
For New Mexico statutes on Family Law, see Chap. 32A (Children’s Code) and Chap. 40 (Domestic Affairs)

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New Mexico Statutes

Secondary

Limited Access

Family Law Reporter [BNA]

Government Websites

Child Support Enforcement Division
First Judicial District (Santa Fe, Rio Arriba & Los Alamos Counties) Family Court Services and Mediation
Second Judicial District (Bernalillo County) Family Court
Third Judicial District (Doña Ana  County) Domestic Relations Mediation Program
Third Judicial District (Doña Ana  County) Child Support Department
Third Judicial District (Doña Ana  County) Domestic Violence Department
Twelfth Judicial District Court (Lincoln & Otero Counties) Domestic Violence Section
Family Law Forms from the State Judiciary
Statewide Alimony Guidelines and Order

Free Access

ABA Center on Children and the Law
American Bar Association - Family Law Section
ABA Family Law Guide
New Mexico Domestic Violence Benchbook
New Mexico Child Welfare Handbook
Family Law Organization
Findlaw’s Family Law Portal
New Mexico Bar Articles
Adopting a Child
Divorce and Separation in New Mexico
Same-Sex Partners and the Law

Print Resources

Family Law in a Nutshell by Harry D. Krause, David D. Meyer
Desk Res KF 505 Z9K7 2007
Lower Floor KF 505 Z9K7 2007

Understanding family law by John De Witt Gregory, Peter N. Swisher, Sheryl L. Wolf
Law Lower Floor KF 505 G734 2001    

Family law litigation in New Mexico by Virginia R. Dugan , Maria R. Garcia Geer
Law New Mex KFN 3694 D84 2002   

Child custody and visitation in New Mexico by Jan B. Gilman, K. Dianne Katz
Law New Mex KFN3704.6.A75G45 1991

Family law in New Mexico by Barbara L. Shapiro, Antoinette Sedillo López
Law New Mex KFN 3694 Z9S43 2009
Law Pro Se KFN 3694 Z9S43 2009

Compiled by Theresa Strike (updated June 2, 2009)

 

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