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Is It Illegal to Spank Your Child in New Mexico?

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 to abuse children in New Mexico. This naturally leads to the next question: Is spanking your child “abuse?” It definitely can be. New Mexico provides no codified guidelines to define a “legal” ...

When One Parent Wishes to Move the Children to Another State

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 generations living in the same state. We live in a mobile culture such that we are not particularly tied to a piece of land, and that makes it fairly easy for us to move from one state to another. Whether it ...

Why You Need the Right Lawyer Now: Litigation Planning

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 you on the side of the road. When it comes to family law issues, these are matters that impact the rest of your life. Make no mistake about it, developments that occur very early on in your case can ...

5 Most Common Custody Myths

Disputing custody of a child is one of the hardest experiences a person can go through. Fighting for the right to see your child, managing the stress of court hearings and managing the financial aspect of the divorce and legal proceedings are all a challenge. It can be even harder when you don’t know what to expect or don’t know whether what you’ve heard on the street is actually true. ...