Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Children, Youth & Families Department v. Maurice H.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 18, 2014No. Docket No. 34,126PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VIGIL, Chief Justice.
{1} The opinion filed on June 12, 2014, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted in its place.
{2} This case concerns a father whose parental rights were terminated pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 32A-4-28 (2005), which provides the mechanism for terminating parental rights under the Abuse and Neglect Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 32A-4-1 to -34 (1993, as amended through 2009). In the proceedings below, the district court concluded that his parental rights should be terminated pursuant to a finding of abandonment under Section 32A-4-28(B)(l), without…
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