IN THE SECOND DISTRICT COURT
Effectively immediately, the voluntary submission of proposed orders* has been discontinued. Please resume submitting orders and notices for judge’s signatures to the divisional email addresses as listed on following the format set out below.
(A) Acceptable formats for proposed documents*. Proposed documents are documents that bypass e-filing until that document is signed or otherwise adopted by the Court (e.g., proposed orders, notices of hearing, etc.). Proposed documents are only accepted in Word. Any proposed document should be transmitted by e-mail to the assigned judge at the email address listed on the e-filing web page at below. Macros should be removed from all documents before emailing them.
(B) Proposed Orders or other proposed documents SHOULD NOT Be E-Filed with the Court Clerk. Proposed orders or other proposed documents shall be submitted along with an endorsed copy of the motion to the assigned judge’s proposed document e-mail address listed on the e-filing web page at and below.
(C) Format and procedures for submitting proposed orders or other documents. A proposed order or document required by a judge shall be submitted as an attachment to an e-mail sent directly to the assigned judge at that judge’s e-mail address listed on the e-filing web page at nmcourts.gov. The proposed document submitted must be named and saved as “case number-type of document”, (Example for civil: CV-2011-00809-Order to Dismiss; Example for domestic relations: DM-2014-05904 Final Decree). The subject line of the cover e-mail must include:
• the case number, and
• a very brief description of the proposed document;
• (Example for civil: D 0101 CV 2011-00100, Order to Dismiss; Example for domestic relations: DM-2014-05904 Final Decree).
For submitting orders, etc. to family court judges, please use the following email addresses:
Elizabeth Whitefield –
Deborah Davis-Walker –
Gerard Lavelle-
Debra Ramirez-
As the Second District Court has been bringing additional jurisdictions into the File and Serve efiling system the court has had a voluntary period of efiling since November 1, 2014. Commencing January 1, 2015 NMRA 1-005.2 is amended to require that efiling will be mandatory for all final documents filed by counsel in Domestic Relations cases (except Domestic Violence). Additionally, also effective January 1, 2015 the Second District Court is mandating electronic submission of issuance documents to the clerk’s office for further issuance by the clerk’s office. Examples include Certificates as to the State of the Record, writs of execution, or summons.
For question please contact Deputy Court Executive Officer Rachelle Klump at 222-4575 or Chief Clerk Cindy Walker at 841-7440
*For the purpose of this document, proposed orders and proposed documents are one in the same