State Ex Rel. Children Youth & Families Department v. Kathleen D.C.

157 P.3d 714 (2007)

2007-NMSC-018

In the Matter of DAMION M.C., a child,

State of New Mexico ex rel. Children Youth and Families Department, Petitioner-Respondent,

v.

Kathleen D.C., Respondent-Petitioner.

No. 29,134.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 6, 2007.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 2007.

Jane Bloom Yohalem, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner.

New Mexico Children Youth & Families, Rebecca J. Liggett, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.

OPINION

MAES, Justice.

{1} The issue in this case is whether an indigent mother was denied due process of law in an abuse and neglect adjudicatory proceeding by the trial court's…