Winter 1978-79, Vol. 9, No. 1

Front Matter

CONTENTS

New Mexico Restraint of Trade Statutes—A Legislative Proposal   1
James J. Wechsler

Child Support Enforcement: The New Mexico Experience   25
Muriel McClelland and Lynn Cianci Eaby

Defending the Criminal Alien in New Mexico: Tactics and Strategy to Avoid Deportation   45
Nancy Hollander

The Contract to Arbitrate Future Disputes: A Comparison of the New Mexico Act with the New York and Federal Acts   71
Arthur A. Greenfield

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Medical Benefits Awarded to an Illegal Alien: Perez v. Health and Social Services    89
Jo Saxton Brayer

Undocumented Aliens: Education, Employment and Welfare in the United States and in New Mexico   99
Andrea Smith

In-migration of Couples from Common Law Jurisdictions: Protecting the Wife at the Dissolution of the Marriage   113
Frank L. Spring

Definite Sentencing in New Mexico: The 1977 Criminal Sentencing Act
   131
Allison Grace Karslake and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Eller v. State: Plea Bargaining in New Mexico  167
Linda Davison

Perspectives on the Abortion Decision   175
Charles Fulton Noble

Navajo Grandparents—"Parent" or "Stranger"—A Child Custody Determination   187
Jane G. Printz

Mandamus Proceedings Against Public Officials: State of New Mexico ex rel. Bird v. Apodaca   195
Robert Wayne Myers

Guidelines for Modification of Child Support Awards: Spingola v. Spingola   201
Mary F. Hoffman