Diamond v. Diamond

OPINION

{1} This appeal presents this Court with a matter of first impression: does the New Mexico Emancipation of Minors Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 32A-21-1 to -7 (1995) (the Act), which provides that a minor may be emancipated for “one or more purposes” set forth in the Act, see Section 32A-21-7(D), authorize a district court to declare a minor emancipated for some rather than all of those enumerated purposes? Based on the plain language and legislative purpose of the Act, we answer that question in the affirmative and accordingly reverse the Court of Appeals.

I. BACKGROUND

{2} Petitioner Jhette…