First Judicial District
Serving Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and Rio Arriba Counties
Domestic Relations Mediation
Assists with development of Parenting Plans for custody and/or visitation.
Priority Consultation
Provides brief, focused child custody evaluations.
Advisory Consultation
Provides comprehensive child custody evaluations.
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists parents and the CYFD to create agreements for legal and treatment issues.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with post-adoption child visitation arrangements.
Contact
Gary Lombardo, Director
Phone: 505-455-8238
sfedgtl@nmcourts.gov
Self-Help Center
Serves people without attorneys. Provides forms, information about court procedures, document review services (for divorce and parenting cases), and a monthly orientation class. Does NOT provide legal advice.
Mediation
Foreclosure cases
Settlement Facilitation
Domestic cases – assistance with property and debt division, all civil cases, including probate and foreclosure.
Contact
Joanne Trujillo
Phone: 505-455-8145
sfedjxt@nmcourts.gov
In Domestic Relations cases, assistance is available twice monthly to quickly resolve some issues in the case. The issues raised by Motions for Orders to Show Cause, Motions to Enforce, Simple Pro se Divorces, and other relatively simple matters are resolved by the agreement of the parties, or by a same-day decision of the judge.
Second Judicial District
Serving Bernalillo Co.; includes Albuquerque
Self-Help Services
Provides forms and information about court processes.
Family Court Settlement Facilitation
Provides for the early and fair resolution of domestic relations disputes through the settlement conference process.
Civil Settlement Facilitation
Provides for the early and fair resolution of civil disputes through the settlement conference process. Case types are all civil matters excluding appeals, extraordinary writs, court-annexed arbitration program pending cases, adoption, commitment, conservatorship, guardianship, student loan, election, and tax.
Civil Arbitration
Provides for the early and fair resolution of civil disputes through the arbitration process. Mandatory program for most case types in which no party seeks relief other than a money judgment and no party seeks an amount in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
Contact
Aja Brooks, Director
Center for Self Help and Dispute Resolution
Phone: 505-841-7555 and 505-841-6702
albdanb@nmcourts.gov
Settlement Facilitation
Provides an early face to face meeting between borrowers and lenders in residential foreclosure cases to discuss alternative to foreclosure including loss mitigation.
Contact
Christopher Peck, Program Administrator
Foreclosure Settlement Program
Phone: 505-841-7568
albdfsp@nmcourts.gov
Children’s Court Division
Phone: 505-841-5906
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing.
Contact
Phone: 505-841-7409
Domestic Relations Mediation
Assists with development of Parenting Plans.
Third Judicial District
Serving Doña Ana Co.; includes Las Cruces
Assists with development of Parenting Plans.
Services available to help resolve these case types: environmental issues, contract disputes, collection cases, real estate, foreclosure, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, tort auto, tort (negligence), construction law, product liability, probate litigation, civil rights/discrimination, commercial cases.
Only available for cases where the only relief sought is money in an amount that does not exceed $25k.
Service available for one complex case: the Lower Rio Grande Water Rights Adjudication — a case involving over 18,000 defendants for which the NM Office of the State Engineer is the Plaintiff.
Contact
Lilyana Atencio, Program Manager
Phone: 575-528-8305
lcrdlxa@nmcourts.gov
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing.
Fourth Judicial District
Serving Mora, San Miguel, and Guadalupe Counties; includes Las Vegas & Santa Rosa
Assists with development of Parenting Plans for custody and/or visitation
Provides brief, focused child custody evaluations
Provides comprehensive child custody evaluations
Fifth Judicial District
Serving Chaves, Eddy, and Lea Counties; includes Roswell, Carlsbad, Hobbs & Lovington
Assists with development of Parenting Plans. Court ordered, as needed.
A licensed psychologist educates litigants on reducing the emotional impact of the case on the children.
Divorce & Paternity [mandatory]
Mediation is encouraged to work cooperatively on Parenting Plan.
Children’s Court
Phone: 575-622-0536
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing.
Sixth Judicial District
Serving Grant, Luna, and Hidalgo Counties; includes Silver City, Deming & Lordsburg
Assists with development of Parenting Plans.
Provided by Judges for complex cases.
Mediation provided using restorative justice techniques for cases involving Criminal & Delinquent Youth.
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing.
Seventh Judicial District
Serving Catron, Socorro, and Sierra Counties; includes T or C, Socorro & Reserve
Assists with development of Parenting Plans.
Contact
Alexis Jojola
Phone: 575-835-0050
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing.
Eighth Judicial District
Serving Taos, Colfax, and Union Counties; includes Springer, Raton & Clayton
Assists with development of Parenting Plans.
Civil and Probate cases
Contact
Sally Margolin, ADR Coordinator
Phone: 575-770-8536
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing
Ninth Judicial District
Serving Curry and Roosevelt Counties; includes Clovis & Portales
Assists with development of Parenting Plans.
Contact
Ben Cross, Court Attorney
Phone: 575-742-7539
clodbsc@nmcourts.gov
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing.
Tenth Judicial District
Serving Harding, Quay and De Baca Counties; includes Roy, Tucumcari & Ft. Sumner
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing
Eleventh Judicial District
Serving San Juan and McKinley Counties; includes Farmington & Gallup
Assistance with complex water rights cases.
Assists with Parenting Plan development.
Special services available for domestic violence cases.
Contact
Jodie Schwebel
Phone: 505-334-7808
aztdjos@nmcourts.gov
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing.
Twelfth Judicial District
Serving Lincoln and Otero Counties; includes Carrizozo, Ruidoso & Alamogordo
All civil cases, assists parties to reach agreements.
Assists with development of Parenting Plans, division of debt & property.
Contact
Audrey Hukari
Phone: 575-812-5080
aladalh@nmcourts.gov
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing.
Thirteenth Judicial District
Serving Cibola, Sandoval, and Valencia counties
Available for all civil cases.
Available for all civil cases.
Special Foreclosure services (in Sandoval & Valencia Counties only).
Assists with development of Parenting Plans, division of debt & property.
Family Law Docket Days
Once per month, people without attorneys receive a free mediation session to address the issues, above.
Advisory Consultations
Provides a brief assessment and written summary of the parenting situation, positions, and family relationships with suggestions for treatment plans and actions.
Contact
Sonya K Duke
Phone: 505-867-2376 ext. 1170
berdskd@nmcourts.gov
Child Abuse and Neglect Mediation
Assists with plans for family treatment & reunification (or termination of rights), child safety & wellbeing.
Open Adoptions Mediation
Assists with plans for family transition, schedules for contact and child safety & wellbeing.