Kramer v. New Mexico Human Services Department

OPINION

BLACK, Judge.

This appeal is a consolidation of two cases in which Eric Kramer and Lorna Baird (Appellants) appeal from fair hearing decisions which affirmed action by the Human Services Department terminating Appellants’ Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits. In each case the Human Services Department’s Social Services Division (SSD) had filed a petition alleging neglect and/or abuse and had gained temporary custody of Appellants’ minor children under an ex parte court order. NMSA 1978, §§ 32-1-1 to -45 (Repl.Pamp.1989) (Children’s Code). The Human Services…