New Mexico § 46-7-29 - Renunciation, resignation, death or removal of custodian; designation of successor custodian

§ 46-7-29. Renunciation, resignation, death or removal of custodian; designation of successor custodian

A. A person nominated under Section 4 of the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act or designated under Section 9 of that act as custodian may decline to serve by delivering

a valid disclaimer to the person who made the nomination or to the transferor or to

the transferor's legal representative. If the event giving rise to a transfer has not occurred and no substitute custodian

able, willing and eligible to serve was nominated under Section 4 of that act, the

person who made the nomination may nominate a substitute custodian under Section 4

of that act; otherwise, the transferor or the transferor's legal representative shall

designate a substitute custodian at the time of the transfer, in either case from

among the persons eligible to serve as custodian for that kind of property under Subsection

A of Section 10 of that act. The custodian so designated has the rights of a successor custodian. B. A custodian at any time may designate a trust company or an adult other than a

transferor under Section 5 of the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act as successor custodian by executing and dating an instrument of designation before

a subscribing witness other than the successor. If the instrument of designation does not contain or is not accompanied by the resignation

of the custodian, the designation of the successor does not take effect until the

custodian resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated or is removed. C. A custodian may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the minor if

the minor has attained the age of fourteen years and to the successor custodian and

by delivering the custodial property to the successor custodian. D. If a custodian is ineligible, dies or becomes incapacitated without having effectively

designated a successor and the minor has attained the age of fourteen years, the minor

may designate as successor custodian, in the manner prescribed in Subsection B of

this section, an adult member of the minor's family, a conservator of the minor or

a trust company. If the minor has not attained the age of fourteen years or fails to act within sixty

days after the ineligibility, death or incapacity, the conservator of the minor becomes

successor custodian. If the minor has no conservator or the conservator declines to act, the transferor,

the legal representative of the transferor or of the custodian, an adult member of

the minor's family or any other interested person may petition the court to designate

a successor custodian. E. A custodian who declines to serve under Subsection A of this section or resigns

under Subsection C of this section or the legal representative of a deceased or incapacitated

custodian as soon as practicable, shall put the custodial property and records in

the possession and control of the successor custodian. The successor custodian by action may enforce the obligation to deliver custodial

property and records and becomes responsible for each item as received. F. A transferor, the legal representative of a transferor, an adult member of the

minor's family, a guardian of the person of the minor, the conservator of the minor

or the minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen years may petition the

court to remove the custodian for cause and to designate a successor custodian other

than a transferor under Section 5 of the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act or to require the custodian to give appropriate bond.