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CHATTERJEE v. KING

No. 32,789.

280 P.3d 283 (2012)

2012-NMSC-019

Bani CHATTERJEE, Petitioner-Petitioner, v. Taya KING, Respondent-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 1, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caren I. Friedman , Santa Fe, NM, N. Lynn Perls , Albuquerque, NM, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Shannon P. Minter , Catherine P. Sakimura , San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.

Kerri Allensworth , Albuquerque, NM, Atkinson & Kelsey, P.A., Patrick L. McDaniel , Albuquerque, NM. for Respondent.

Southwest Women's Law Center, Dorene A. Kuffer , Kyle M. Stock , Albuquerque, NM, for Amici National Association of Social Workers, New Mexico Chapter of National Association of Social Workers, and Southwest Women's Law Center.

Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Bienvenu, LLP, Sarah E. Bennett , Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico Legal Group, P.C., David G. Crum , Emma L. Whitley , Jessica C. Roth , Martha J. Kaser , Little, Gilman-Tepper & Batley, P.A., Sandra Morgan Little , Jan B. Gilman-Tepper , Roberta S. Batley , Tiffany O. Leigh , Walther Family Law, David L. Walther , Gretchen M. Walther , Kathryn E. Terry , Jennifer R. Rodgers , Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Hollinger, Joslin, & Other Family Law Professors.

OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{1} Bani Chatterjee (Chatterjee) and Taya King (King) are two women who were in a committed, long-term domestic relationship when they agreed to bring a child into their relationship. Chatterjee pleaded in the district court that during the course of their relationship, and with Chatterjee's active participation, King adopted a child (Child) from Russia. Chatterjee supported King and Child financially, lived in...

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