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Chapter 35 - Magistrate and Municipal Courts - cited by 1,901 documents
Rule Set 10 - Children's Court Rules and Forms - cited by 508 documents
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10-703. Petition.
[For use with Rule 10-211 NMRA]
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
COUNTY OF _____________________
_______________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE CHILDREN’S COURT
In the Matter of _____________, a Child. No. __________
PETITION
The undersigned states that ________________________ (name of child) is a delinquent child.
The child's birth date is: __________________________________________________
The child's address is: ___________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
The address of the child’s parents, guardian, custodian or spouse is as follows:
____________________ ______________________ _____________________
Name Address Relationship
____________________ ______________________ _____________________
Name Address Relationship
(If the child has no parents, guardian, custodian, or spouse residing in this state, set forth the adult with whom the child resides or the known adult relative residing nearest to the court.)1
The above-named child did: __________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
(set forth essential facts) contrary to Section(s) ________________________ (citation to criminal statute or other law or ordinance allegedly violated).2 The acts alleged were committed within _________________________________________________ county.
(complete applicable alternatives)
The child is:
[ ] not in detention.
[ ] being detained at _____________________ (address) ____________________, New Mexico. The child has been in detention since ________________________ , ________ at ________ ______.m.
Probation services has completed a preliminary inquiry in this matter and the children's court attorney, after consultation with probation services, has determined that the filing of a petition is in the best interest of the public and the child.
_______________________________
Children's Court Attorney
_______________________________
Address
_______________________________
Telephone number
USE NOTES
1. If any information concerning the child's birth date, address, family or guardian is not known, please state "not known."
2. If the delinquent act is a violation of a traffic ordinance, NMSA 1978, Section 35-15-2 requires that the section or subsection defining the offense and the title of the ordinance be set forth.
[As amended, effective October 1, 1996; 10-406 recompiled and amended as 10-703 by Supreme Court Order No. 16-8300-017, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2016.]