New Mexico Statutes Chapter 56. Commercial Instruments and Transactions § 56-9-34. Claims of assignee; presentation to court; temporary assignee; allowance or rejection of claim

If the assignee shall have a demand against the assignor which he desires to have allowed, he may present a petition to the district court or to the judge thereof in vacation, stating the particulars of his demand and the amount thereof, verified by affidavit, and thereupon such court, or the judge thereof in vacation, shall appoint some suitable person to act temporarily as the assignee of such estate for the purpose of hearing and passing upon such demand. The assignee appointed shall take an oath that he will faithfully discharge the trust confided to him, and shall proceed to examine the claim, and if same be found to be correct in whole or in part, he shall allow the amount found to be due, and report his action in the premises to the proper court at the next term thereof, or to the judge of said court in vacation; and the court or judge, as the case may be, shall make an order directing the sum allowed to be paid to the claimant as other allowances are paid; and in case such demand or demands shall have been rejected by the temporary assignee, such proceedings may be had as designated in Sections 56-9-31 to 56-9-33 NMSA 1978.