Chapter 45 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Uniform Probate Code".

History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-1-101, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 1-101; 1993, ch. 174, § 2.

Cross references. — For estate taxes, see 7-7-1 to 7-7-12 NMSA 1978.

For disposition of unclaimed property, see 7-8A-1 NMSA 1978.

For probate courts, see 34-7-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.

For additional record or docket of decedents' estates, see 34-7-20 NMSA 1978.

For record of bonds and wills, see 34-7-21 NMSA 1978.

For probate court forms, see 4B-001 NMRA.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "Chapter 45 NMSA 1978" for "This act" and inserted "Uniform".

Law reviews. — For article, "Intestate Succession and Wills Law: The New Probate Code," see 6 N.M.L. Rev. 25 (1975).

For survey, "Article VII of the New Probate Code: In Pursuit of Uniform Trust Administration," see 6 N.M.L. Rev. 213 (1976).

For comment, "In-Migration of Couples from Common Law Jurisdictions: Protecting the Wife at the Dissolution of the Marriage," see 9 N.M.L. Rev. 113 (1978-79).

For article, "Survey of New Mexico Law, 1979-80: Estates and Trusts," see 11 N.M.L. Rev. 151 (1981).

For annual survey of New Mexico law relating to estates and trusts, see 12 N.M.L. Rev. 363 (1982).

For annual survey of New Mexico law relating to estates and trusts, see 13 N.M.L. Rev. 395 (1983).

For article, "Survey of New Mexico Law, 1982-83: Estates and Trusts," see 14 N.M.L. Rev. 153 (1984).

For annual survey of New Mexico law of estates and trusts, 19 N.M.L. Rev. 669 (1990).

For annual survey of New Mexico Law of Wills and Trusts, see 20 N.M.L. Rev. 439 (1990).

For article, "The New Mexico Uniform Trust Code," see 34 N.M.L. Rev. 1 (2004).