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Hester v. Hester

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided January 10, 1984No. 7359PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

Norman Leon Hester appeals an order of the District Court of Santa Fe County in which it declined to exercise its jurisdiction to change the custody of the parties’ eight-year-old daughter. Custody had been awarded to the mother, Deborah Hester, in a decree entered by the same court in 1979. Some time after the divorce the mother and child moved to Colorado. While the child was visiting the father at his home in New Mexico in June 1982, he filed in this State for change of custody and temporary custody pending final hearing. After conducting a full hearing, at least as to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Tapia v. Panhandle Steel Erectors CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
  2. State v. HargroveNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
  3. Getz v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of USNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Hurley v. HurleyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Olguin v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lopez v. Las Cruces Police DepartmentNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2006
  2. State Ex Rel. Department of Human Services v. AvingerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Fitzsimmons v. FitzsimmonsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. Elder v. ParkNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. State Ex Rel. Department of Human Services v. AvingerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985

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