IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF CAFFO

No. 6867.

366 P.2d 848 (1961)

69 N.M. 320

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Debra Anne CAFFO, a minor. Josephine HIDALGO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joe CORTESE and Gilbert Caffo, Petitioners-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bingham & Klecan, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Richard C. Civerolo, Gino J. Matteucci, Pete V. Domenici, Albuquerque, for appellee Gilbert Caffo.

Iden & Johnson, James T. Paulantis, Albuquerque, for appellee Joe Cortese.


NOBLE, Justice.

Appeal was taken from an order of the district court removing Josephine Hidalgo as guardian of the person of Debra Anne Caffo, a minor 7½ years of age, and appointing Gilbert Caffo as such guardian.

The father and mother of Debra Anne Caffo, as well as her three brothers, were killed in an automobile accident July 20, 1960, in which Debra Anne was injured. On July 25, 1960, Josephine Hidalgo, maternal grandmother of the child, applied...

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