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Understanding Community Property in New Mexico January 2, 2020

New Mexico is one of only nine states that have community property laws relating to divorce and marital property division. And like many other legal concepts, it starts out simple enough but becomes ...

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How Do the Courts Today Look at Marijuana Usage? December 2, 2019

According to WebMD , medical marijuana is legal in 33 states, including New Mexico, and recreational marijuana is legal in 11 states, not including New Mexico. How do today’s courts look at marijuana ...

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Uncontested Divorce—Is It Right for You? July 22, 2019

Divorce can certainly be expensive in many ways. Aside from the financial cost, there are the mental and emotional costs. Often times, people wrestle with the very idea of divorce for months or even ...

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Is It Illegal to Spank Your Child in New Mexico? February 21, 2019

A Moral — and Legal — Gray Area This is certainly a reasonable question, and it seems simple enough, but it is a complicated issue involving the perspectives of many different parties. It is illegal ...

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When One Parent Wishes to Move the Children to Another State January 2, 2019

There was a time in America when it was common for three or four generations of a family to live on the same parcel of land, or even in the same house. These days you are lucky to find three ...

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Why You Need the Right Lawyer Now: Litigation Planning December 10, 2018

People who care about you will tell you to go see a doctor at the first sign of illness. If your car is making a funny noise or a warning light comes on, you should have it looked at before it strands ...

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