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4A-507. Ex parte motion to appoint temporary kinship guardian(s).

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

COUNTY OF ____________________

________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT

______________________________, Petitioner(s)

 

                                                                                                            No. _________________

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP OF

____________________________,1 (a) Child(ren) (use initials only), and concerning

____________________________, Respondent #1,

____________________________, Respondent #2.

 

EX PARTE MOTION TO APPOINT

TEMPORARY KINSHIP GUARDIAN(S)2

 

Petitioner, _____________________, (name of Petitioner(s)), move(s) the court to grant this Ex Parte Motion to Appoint Temporary Kinship Guardian for the minor child(ren). In support of the motion, Petitioner(s) state(s) as follows:

 

1.         A Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian(s) has been filed in this court under the Kinship Guardianship Act for the following children:

 

Child’s name

Birth year

Age

___________________________

________

______

___________________________

________

______

___________________________

________

______

 

2.         Petitioner(s) incorporate all of the allegations contained in the Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian(s).

 

3.         Section 40-10B-7(C) NMSA 1978 of the Kinship Guardianship Act allows this court to appoint a temporary guardian ex parte for good cause, to serve for one hundred and eighty (180) days or until the case is decided on the merits, whichever occurs first.

 

4.         There is good cause to appoint a temporary guardian ex parte because (explain why the court should appoint a temporary guardian without a hearing):

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

 

5.         It is in the child(ren)’s best interests that Petitioner(s) be appointed the child(ren)’s temporary guardian(s) until a hearing on the Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian(s) is heard.

 

WHEREFORE, Petitioner(s) request(s) that the court appoint Petitioner(s) as Temporary Kinship Guardian(s) of the minor child(ren), _________________________, to last one hundred and eighty (180) days or until a hearing on the merits is heard, whichever occurs first. If the court does not grant an Order on this Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Kinship Guardianship, Petitioner(s) request(s) that a hearing be set within twenty (20) days of the filing of this motion as provided under Section 40-10B-7(B) NMSA 1978.

 

 

Submitted by,

 

 

 

_______________________________
Signature

 

 

 

_______________________________
Printed Name

 

 

 

_______________________________

 

 

 

_______________________________
Address

 

 

 

_______________________________
Phone number and email address

 

 

 

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

)

 

) ss.

COUNTY OF ____________

)

 

Acknowledged, subscribed, and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______________, ______.

 

_______________________________

Notary Public

 

My commission expires: ____________

 

USE NOTES

 

1.         Insert the initials of each child listed in the Petition to Appoint Kinship Guardian.

2.         An ex parte motion is used when one party asks the court to issue an order without hearing from the other party. This is used only for emergency purposes.

3.         An ex parte motion may be filed at the same time as the petition to appoint kinship guardian(s), see Form 4A-501 NMRA, or after the petition is filed.

 

[Adopted by Supreme Court Order No. 16-8300-020, effective for all pleadings and papers filed on or after December 31, 2016; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 22-8300-020, effective for all pleadings and papers filed on or after December 31, 2022; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR-2023-00052, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2024.]

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