Legal Opinion
Chino v. Chino
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 21, 1977No. 10768PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAYNE, Justice.
The district court of Otero County granted an order for the removal of the appellant from a home owned by his mother, the appellee. Appellant contests the court’s jurisdiction of his person and of the subject matter.
The appellee, Patricia G. Chino, is an enrolled member of the Santa Clara Indian Pueblo but owns a home located within the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation. The home had been acquired during her marriage to the appellant’s father, a member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe. It was awarded to her in duplicate divorce proceedings in the Mescalero Apache Tribal…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Williams v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mescalero Apache Tribe v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead ReservationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by34 opinions
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