HB 31 — NO PUBLICATION REQUIRED FOR NAME CHANGES

HOUSEAN BILLACT 31RELATING 56THTO LEGISLATUREDOMESTIC -AFFAIRS; STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2023 INTRODUCED BY Christine Chandler This document may incorporate amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

TheELIMINATING documentTHE isREQUIREMENT aTO toolFILE toNOTICE showWITH amendmentsPROOF inOF contextPUBLICATION; and cannot be used for the purpose of adding amendments to legislation.

hREPEALING ANSECTION ACT40-8-2 gNMSA o1978 RELATING(BEING TOLAWS DOMESTIC1889, AFFAIRS;CHAPTER 3, SECTION 2, AS AMENDED).

ELIMINATING7 THEBE REQUIREMENTIT TOENACTED tBY hrTHE gLEGISLATURE eOF iTHE kSTATE FILE NOTICE WITH PROOF OF PUBLICATION;NEW MEXICO:

REPEALING SECTION 40-8-21. h r i s NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 1889, CHAPTER 3, SECTION 2, AS AMENDED).

hSection ,40-8-1 t,NMSA e1978 u(being gLaws e1889, bChapter l3, eSection e1, has BEamended) ITis ENACTEDamended BYto THEread: LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

n"40-8-1. d d i = = o h SECTION 1.

SectionCHANGE 40-8-1OF NMSANAME--PETITION 1978AND (beingORDER.-- LawsA. 1889, l ] b ,d i a º e Chapter 3, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

rAny iresident =of rthis tstate efourteen wyears dof mage aor nolder omay, "40-8-1.upon petition to the district court of the district in which the petitioner resides, if no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, have the petitioner's name changed or established by order of the court.

CHANGEThe OFlegal NAME--PETITIONparents ANDor ORDER.--legal dguardians mof :any resident of this state under the age of fourteen years may, upon petition to the district court of the district in which the petitioner resides, if no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, have the name of the petitioner's child or ward changed or established by order of the court.

bWhen eresidents dunder sthe ºage oof tfourteen nyears =petition .223679.1AICthe Februarydistrict 6,court 2023for (9:29am)a sname kchange, mnotice eshall ebe agiven nto eall dlegal rparents eor llegal uguardians. [ A d A.

AnyThe residentorder ofshall thisbe stateentered [overat thelength age of fourteen years] fourteen years of age or older may, upon petition to the districtrecord court of the districtcourt, inand whicha thecopy petitionerof resides [and upon filing the noticeorder, requiredduly withcertified, proofHB of31/a publication],Page if1 noshall sufficientbe causefiled isin shown to the contrary,office haveof [his ] the petitioner'scounty nameclerk changedof orthe establishedcounty byin orderwhich of the court.person resides.

The HJCºparent»HJCcounty HJCºclerk legalshall parents»HJCrecord or HJCºguardian»HJC HJCºlegal guardians»HJC of any resident of this state under the agesame of fourteen years may, upon petition to the district court of the district in whicha therecord petitionerbook resides [and upon filing the notice required with proof of publication], if no sufficient cause is shown to thebe contrary,kept haveby the namecounty ofclerk [hisfor ]that thepurpose. petitioner's child or ward changed or established by order of the court.

WhenB. residents under the age of fourteen years petition the district court for a name change, [the required ] notice shall [include notice] be given to HJCºboth»HJC h g HJCº all»HJC legal parents HJCºor legal guardians»HJC .

TheIf othe tcourt hrfinds orderthat shallnotice beto enteredone ator lengthmore uponlegal theparents recordor oflegal theguardians court,of ga echild iwho kis andunder afourteen copyyears of theage order,will dulyjeopardize certified, shall be filed in the hchild's ror i s h office of the countyapplicant's clerkpersonal ofsafety, the countycourt inshall whichnot therequire personnotice. , t, e u g resides.

The county clerk shall record the same in a record e b l e e h book to be kept by [him ] the county clerk for that purpose.

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If the court finds that notice to one or more l ] b ,d i a º e r i = r legal parents HJCºor legal guardians»HJC of HJCºan t e w d m a n o applicant»HJC HJCºa child»HJC who is under fourteen years of d m :

b e d s º o t n = .223679.1AIC February 6, 2023 (9:29am) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d age will jeopardize the HJCºchild's or the»HJC applicant's personal safety, the court shall not require notice.

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