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Response To Petition For Order Of Protection From Domestic Abuse - New Mexico
| Response To Petition For Order Of Protection From Domestic Abuse Form. This is a New Mexico form and can be used in Domestic Restraining Order 1st Judicial District Local District Court . |
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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF Case No.: Petitioner, -vs.- Respondent. RESPONSE TO PETITION FOR ORDER OF PROTECTION FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE Respondent in response to the allegations in the petition for order of protection from domestic abuse states: (Set forth a response to each paragraph of the petition you do not agree with. Please include the paragraph number of the petition preceding each response.) ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________. (If you need additional space, please attach additional pages.) Respondent requests that the court: (check and complete applicable alternatives) [ ] modify the temporary order of protection as follows: ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. [ ] terminate the temporary order of protection because: ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. [ ] hold an earlier hearing on the petition for protection order because: ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. [ ] hold a later hearing on the petition for protection order because: ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2 [ ] dismiss the petition for protection order because: ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. _________________________________ (Signature of respondent) _________________________________ (Respondents name printed) _________________________________ (Respondents address) _________________________________ (Respondents telephone number) AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE OF PARTY I declare under penalty of perjury that a copy of this response was served on the petitioner by: (check and complete applicable alternative) [ ] first class mail, postage prepaid on this ____ day of ______________, ______ at the following address: ________________________________ (address) ________________________________ OR [ ] the following means: _______________________________ OR [ ] (check only if the petitioners present address is unknown to respondent and not contained on the petition) service on the clerk of the court by filing two copies of this response with the clerk on this ____ day of _______________, ______. ____________________________ Signature of respondent ____________________________ Date of signature <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3 Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of ______________, _____ ______________________________ Judge, notary or other officer authorized to administer oaths ______________________________ Official title SERVICE OF PETITIONER BY CLERK (to be completed by clerk when petitioners address has been sealed by order of the court) I served this response on the petitioner by first class mail, postage prepaid on this ____ day of __________________, ______. ________________________________ Clerk <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 USE NOTE This Response to Petition gives respondent an opportunity to state defenses against the charges in the petition. This Response to Petition does not contain a counter petition charging the petitioner with an act of domestic abuse. If the respondent only wants to defend against the petitioners charge of abuse, this form should be used as drafted. If the respondent wants both to defend against the petitioners charge of domestic abuse and also to charge the petitioner with domestic abuse, the respondent should fill out this form and also fill out Form 4-962A NMRA. Respondent then should attach Form 4-962 and Form 4-962A. [Approved, effective November 1, 1999 until July 1, 2001; approved, as amended, effective May 1, 2001.]
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