The 2011 version of the New Mexico Child Welfare Handbook is now available. As an electronic document it is both searchable and downloadable.
What you will find in the Handbook
- Incorporates the applicable requirements of the New Mexico Children’s Code, the Children’s Court rules, court cases and federal laws.
- Summarizes the child abuse and neglect process, describes the roles and responsibilities of a number of the participants.
- Explains the hearings that may take place in a case.
- Addresses such topics as discovery, evidence, psychological considerations, and special provisions for Indian children.
- Summarizes proceedings under the children's mental health laws, the Delinquency Act, and other statutes.
This Handbook is a project of the Corinne Wolfe Children's Law Center and the New Mexico Judicial Education Center at the University of New Mexico School of Law.
