Representation by fiduciaries and parents

NMSA 1978, § 46A-3-303 — under Article 3.

NMSA 1978, § 46A-3-303

To the extent there is no conflict of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a particular question or dispute: A. a conservator may represent and bind the estate that the conservator controls; B. a guardian may represent and bind the protected person if a conservator of the protected person's estate has not been appointed; C. an agent having authority to act with respect to the particular question or dispute may represent and bind the principal; D. a trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust; E. a personal representative of a decedent's estate may represent and bind persons interested in the estate; and F. a parent may represent and bind the parent's minor or unborn child if a conservator or guardian for the child has not been appointed. History: Laws 2003, ch. 122, § 3-303; 2009, ch. 159, § 42.