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Form 10-112. Pleadings and papers; captions.

Collection New Mexico Forms Library
Form Type Children's Court Forms
Citations - New Mexico Laws and Court Rules
Rule Set 10 - Children's Court Rules and Forms - cited by 508 documents

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10-112. Pleadings and papers; captions.

 

            A.        Caption.  Pleadings and papers filed in the children's court shall have a caption or heading which shall briefly include:

                        (1)       the name of the court as follows:

"State of New Mexico

County of ______________________

_________________ Judicial District"

In the Children's Court;

                        (2)       the names of the parties; and

                        (3)       a title which describes the cause of action or relief requested. The title of a pleading or paper shall have no legal effect in the action.

            B.        Style.  The petition and all other papers filed in the delinquency and abuse and neglect proceedings shall be entitled "In the Matter of ____________________, (insert name of each child)”.

 

[Approved, effective July 1, 2002; Rule 10-107 NMRA recompiled as Rule 10-112 NMRA by Supreme Court Order No. 08-8300-042, effective January 15, 2009.]

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