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1995 vol. II 1143 (1995)

handle is hein.ssl/ssnm0023 and id is 1 raw text is: Chap. 142 Laws of 1995 1143 CHAPTER 142 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO DOMESTIC AFFAIRS; ADJUSTING INCOME TABLES AND 3 STREAMLINING METHODS USED TO CALCULATE CHILD SUPPORT; 4 AMENDING THE NMSA 1978. 5 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: 7 Section 1. Section 40-4-11.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 8 1988, Chapter 87, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: 9 40-4-11.1. CHILD SUPPORT--GUIDELINES.-- 10 A. In any action to establish or modify child 11 support, the child support guidelines as set forth in this IP section shall be applied to determine the child support due 13 and shall be a rebuttable presumption for the amount of such 14 child support. Every decree or judgment of child support 15 that deviates from the guideline amount shall contain a 16 statement of the reasons for the deviation. 17 B. The purposes of the child support guidelines 18 are to: 19 (1) establish as state policy an adequate 20 standard of support for children, subject to the ability of 21 parents to pay; 22 (2) make awards more equitable by ensuring 23 more consistent treatment of persons in similar 24 circumstances; and 25 (3) improve the efficiency of the court Senate Bill 179, aa Approved April 5, 1995