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Even though New Mexico judges can grant a divorce on the grounds that a spouse committed adultery, they cannot consider adultery when deciding if a spouse is entitled to alimony or calculating the amount and duration.
To begin your New Mexico uncontested divorce, you'll need to file a: domestic relations information sheet. petition for dissolution of marriage (there are two approved forms: one for divorces with children and one for divorces without) schedules of your property. your marital settlement agreement. a hearing request, and.
In New Mexico, all property acquired during the marriage is considered community property and must be divided equally. That means if you purchased your home after you were married, you and your spouse share equal ownership. This gets more complicated if one party owned the home before the marriage.
New Mexico is a no-fault divorce state which means the misbehavior of the parties during the marriage has no bearing on the division of the property and debt on dissolution of the marriage. Though it may seem unfair, it is the law.
To obtain a divorce in New Mexico, you or your spouse must have lived in New Mexico for the last six months. To begin a divorce, you must first file a petition and other papers in the district court in the county where you live or where your spouse lives.
When you file for divorce, you will be required to pay a filing fee of $137.
You are not officially divorced until a judge has signed the divorce decree and the decree is filed with the District Court Clerk's office. Once you are officially divorced in New Mexico, there is no mandatory waiting period before you can remarry.
Divorce Filing Fees in New Mexico The 2022 statutory filing fee for divorce in New Mexico is $137. (N.M. Stat. §§ 34-6-40, 40-12-6 (2022).) If you can't afford to pay the filing fees, you can ask the judge to waive the fees.
In New Mexico, you can get a no-fault divorce or a fault-based divorce. A no-fault divorce is when you file for divorce without saying that your spouse is responsible for the end of the marriage. A judge will grant you a no-fault divorce due to incompatibility.
New Mexico is a ?community property? state and also an ?equitable distribution? state. This means that marital assets and debts are generally split 50/50 between the spouses unless another division is agreed by the spouses.
