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Custody

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Updated: 
January 5, 2024

What is custody?

Custody in New Mexico is the right to make major decisions about your child, like where your child lives, goes to school, what kind of health care s/he receives, and what kind of religious training s/he attends.1

Physical custody is the physical care and supervision of a child (under 18 years of age).2

1 N.M. Stat. § 40-4-9.1(L)(2)
2 N.M. Stat. § 40-10A-102(14)