Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children [32A-11-1 NMSA 1978] shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 and Article 12 of that compact in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance under that compact, the provisions of the New Mexico law fixing responsibility for the support of children also may be invoked. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-16A-2, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 151, § 2; recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 32A-11-2 by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 212; 2023, ch. 118, § 2. The 2023 amendment, added "Revised" preceding "Interstate Compact", after "Article", deleted "5 thereof" and added "7 and Article 12 of that compact", and after "performance", deleted "thereunder" and added "under that compact". Contingent effective dates. — The effective date of the provisions of Laws 2023, ch. 118, § 2 shall become effective when the thirty-fifth state has enacted the Revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children as provided in Section B of Article 14 of the Revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. The secretary of children, youth and families shall notify the governor, the executive director of the New Mexico compilation commission and the director of the legislative council service when the thirty-fifth state has enacted the Revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
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