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Lawyers
Maria Montoya Chavez
(505) 883-3312
MMC@sutinfirm.com
Albuquerque Office
Download vCard Print this PageMARIA MONTOYA CHAVEZ has been practicing since 2000 and is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist certified by the New Mexico State Bar. Maria practices exclusively in the area of family law, which encompasses divorce, child custody and time sharing, child support, alimony and the valuation and division of complex assets (professional practices, businesses) in the divorce context. Maria has particular expertise in same sex adoption cases whereby, while working with the American Civil Liberties Union, she succeeded in having the Court issue a Temporary Decree of Adoption, as the law does not fully protect a child born into this type of family. Maria also has particular expertise in Hague Convention abduction cases, interstate child custody and child support jurisdiction cases.
Maria has had several collaborative divorce cases where the parties remained in control of the divorce outcome and out of Court. She is a member of the New Mexico and Albuquerque Collaborative Practice Groups, where she serves on several committees. Maria has been a presenter at various family law and collaborative law seminars and also volunteers with "Legal Facts" at Second Judicial District Court, where pro se litigants inquire into domestic relations matters.
Professional and Community Involvement
- Family Law Section, State Bar of New Mexico, Past Chair
- New Mexico and Albuquerque Collaborative Practice Groups, Member
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Member
- Adoption and Foster Care Alliance of New Mexico, Member
- Keshet Dance Company, Board President
Recognitions
- Martindale-Hubbell Rating: BV Distinguished
- CLE Crest Award for Presentation at "Family Law Basics," 2008
- Co-Founder and Editor Scholar, St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues, 1998-1999
Publications and Speeches
Speaker, State Bar of New Mexico Annual 2009 Meeting: Collaborative Law; speaker, Family Law Section Presents "Basics of Family Law," 2008, for which the Crest Award was received; speaker, State Bar of New Mexico Bridge the Gap: Family Law Basics, 2006, 2007 and 2008; speaker, National Business Institute: Collaborative Family Law and Family Law, 2005, 2006 and 2008; Master of Ceremony, Family Law Symposium, 2007 and 2009; Master of Ceremony, Collaborative Law Symposium, 2008, 2009 and 2010; publication, New Mexico Lawyer: Collaborative Divorce, 2007; publication, Defining Woman, Spring 2007: Collaborative Divorce: Nope, It's Not an Oxymoron.
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Education
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St. Mary's University of San Antonio, J.D., 1999 University of New Mexico, B.S., 1995 |
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Admissions
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New Mexico, 2000 U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, 2001 |