Legal Opinion

Petition of Quintana

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 1972No. 9382PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

OMAN, Justice.

Appellant, Anastacia Garcia Quintana, mother of the two minor children, has appealed from decrees of adoption whereby the children were declared adopted by their paternal grandparents, the appellees. We affirm.

Deborah was born on January 27, 1963 and Marvin on December 30, 1963. The father of the children is the son of appellees, and he was convicted and sent to prison in the early part of 1965. Soon thereafter appellant left the children with acquaintances. On February 24, 1965 appellees received calls from one of these acquaintances with whom the children had' been left…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Nevelos v. RailstonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Gutierrez v. New Mexico Department of Public WelfareNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Wilson v. WilsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Quintana v. QuintanaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1971

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Huey v. LenteNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Spingola v. SpingolaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. HeimNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Stringer v. DudoichNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1978
  5. DeTevis v. AragonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986

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