New Mexico Statutes Chapter 32A. Children's Code § 32A-28-2. Definitions

(1) delinquency proceedings; and

(2) custodial proceedings or kinship guardianships pursuant to Chapter 40 NMSA 1978;

(1) the adoptive parents or guardians of the Indian child, which parents or guardians are not members of the Indian child's tribe; and

(2) the Indian child's tribe;

(1) who is not a relative or an extended family member of an Indian child and who has a significant, family-like relationship with the child or the child's family, which relationship existed prior to the child's entry into foster care;

(2) who meets the definition of “fictive kin” as established by an Indian child's tribe's law, custom or tradition; or

(3) chosen by an Indian child who is fourteen years of age or older, regardless of when the relationship between the person and the Indian child was established, when it is in the best interest of the child to identify that person as fictive kin; and

(1) an action pursuant to the Abuse and Neglect Act removing an Indian child from the child's parent, guardian or Indian custodian for temporary placement in a foster home or institution or the home of a guardian where the parent or Indian custodian cannot have the child returned upon demand, but in which parental rights have not been terminated; or

(2) the temporary placement of an Indian child in foster care pursuant to a voluntary agreement entered into between a parent, guardian or Indian custodian and the department pursuant to the Voluntary Placement and Family Services Act.