Under Article 3 of the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of a child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child- custody determination.

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 40-10A-302

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.