Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Adoption Petition of Romero
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided September 7, 2006No. 25,877PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRY, Judge.
{1} Petitioners have filed a motion for rehearing, which we hereby deny. We withdraw the opinion filed July 26, 2006, and substitute this opinion in its stead.
{2} In this adoption proceeding, in which the district court terminated the biological father’s parental rights, we consider under what circumstances our statutes require a biological father’s consent to an adoption. Because we conclude the father’s consent was required in this case, we also determine what must be shown to terminate parental rights under our presumptive abandonment statute. NMSA 1978, § 32A-5-15(B),…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Lehr v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Quilloin v. WalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Torres v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
- Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. HeimNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- State v. MontanoNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2018
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