Legal Opinion
Freedom C. v. Brian D.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 30, 2012No. Docket 32,944PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} Several months after being granted sole legal and physical custody of Patrick D. (Child), Brian D. and Peggy D. (Grandparents) filed a petition for guardianship and custody pursuant to the Kinship Guardianship Act (the Act), NMSA 1978, §§ 40-10B-1 to -15 (2001). Julie Ann D. (Mother), Grandparents’ daughter, consented to the guardianship, butFreedomC. (Father) opposed it. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court found both Mother and Father unfit to raise Child. The district court granted guardianship to Grandparents, granted time-sharing privileges to both…
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