New Mexico Statutes Chapter 40. Domestic Affairs § 40-13A-2. Definitions

A. “foreign protection order” means a protection order issued by a tribunal of another state;

B. “issuing state” means the state whose tribunal issues a protection order;

C. “mutual foreign protection order” means a foreign protection order that includes provisions in favor of both the protected individual seeking enforcement of the order and the respondent;

D. “protected individual” means a person protected by a protection order;

E. “protection order” means an injunction or other order, issued by a tribunal under the domestic violence, family violence or antistalking laws of the issuing state, to prevent a person from engaging in a violent or threatening act against, harassment of, contact or communication with or physical proximity to another person;

F. “respondent” means the person against whom enforcement of a protection order is sought;

G. “state” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. “State” includes an Indian pueblo, tribe, nation or band that has jurisdiction to issue protection orders; and

H. “tribunal” means a court, agency or other entity authorized by law to issue or modify a protection order.