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SANTA FE — Senate Bill 107, sponsored by Senator Crystal Diamond (R-Elephant Butte) and Senator Daniel Ivey Soto (D-Albuquerque), was signed into law Wednesday by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. The bill amends the timeline for the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) to file a petition from two days from the date of the petition to not more than three days after the child is taken into custody. Senate Bill 107 further stipulates that when a child has been taken into custody for a second time in six months, a department employee above the level of supervisor would be required to conduct a review to determine whether the child should be released to the child’s caregiver.
