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4A-507. Ex parte motion to appoint temporary kinship guardian(s).
COUNTY OF ______________________
________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT
______________________________, Petitioner(s)
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IN THE MATTER OF THE KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP OF
____________________________,1 (a) Child(ren) (use initials only), and concerning
____________________________, Respondent(s).
EX PARTE MOTION TO APPOINT
TEMPORARY KINSHIP GUARDIAN(S)2
Petitioner, _____________________, (name of Petitioner(s)), move(s) the court to grant this Ex Parte Motion to Appoint Temporary Kinship Guardian for the minor child(ren). In support of the motion, Petitioner(s) state(s) as follows:
1. A Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian(s) has been filed in this court under the Kinship Guardianship Act for the following children:
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2. Petitioner(s) incorporate all of the allegations contained in the Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian(s).
3. Section 40-10B-7(C) NMSA 1978 of the Kinship Guardianship Act allows this court to appoint a temporary guardian ex parte for good cause, to serve for one hundred and eighty (180) days or until the case is decided on the merits, whichever occurs first.
4. There is good cause to appoint a temporary guardian ex parte because (explain why the court should appoint a temporary guardian without a hearing):
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5. It is in the child(ren)’s best interests that Petitioner(s) be appointed the child(ren)’s temporary guardian(s) until a hearing on the Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian(s) is heard.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner(s) request(s) that the court appoint Petitioner(s) as Temporary Kinship Guardian(s) of the minor child(ren), _________________________, to last one hundred and eighty (180) days or until a hearing on the merits is heard, whichever occurs first. If the court does not grant an Order on this Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Kinship Guardianship, Petitioner(s) request(s) that a hearing be set within twenty (20) days of the filing of this motion as provided under Section 40-10B-7(B) NMSA 1978.
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Acknowledged, subscribed, and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______________, ______.
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My commission expires: ______________ |
USE NOTES
1. Insert the initials of each child listed in the Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian.
2. An ex parte motion is used when one party asks the court to issue an order without hearing from the other party. This is used only for emergency purposes.
3. An ex parte motion may be filed at the same time as the petition to appoint kinship guardian(s), see Form 4A-501 NMRA, or after the petition is filed.
[Adopted by Supreme Court Order No. 16-8300-020, effective for all pleadings and papers filed on or after December 31, 2016; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 22-8300-020, effective for all pleadings and papers filed on or after December 31, 2022.]