Seipert v. Johnson

OPINION

JAMES J. WECHSLER, Chief Judge.

{1} In a custody proceeding, the Taos County district court awarded sanctions and attorney fees and expenses to Mother and temporarily restricted Father’s visitation with the parties’ child (Child). Father asks us to consider (1) whether a South Dakota trial court’s ruling on Father’s liability for Mother’s costs should preclude the New Mexico district court from entering a judgment against him for the attorney fees and expenses Mother incurred in the South Dakota proceeding; (2) whether a New Mexico district court has the power to sanction Father for…