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If you have a final custody order already in place, you can petition the judge to make changes to it (modify it) only if there has been a substantial change in circumstances since the custody order was issued. The judge may modify the custody order if, based on these new circumstances, s/he feels that the modification would be in the child’s best interests.1
1 N.M. Stat. § 40-4-9.1(A)
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