GUTIERREZ v. NEW MEXICO DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 7407.

393 P.2d 12 (1964)

74 N.M. 273

Roman M. GUTIERREZ, Petitioner-Appellee, v. NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl E. Hartley, Atty. Gen., John G. Jasper, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellant.


CARMODY, Justice.

The department of public welfare appeals the granting of an adoption decree in which the maternal grandfather was allowed to adopt two little girls.

The department contends (1) that there was no substantial evidence to support a finding made by the trial court, and (2) that the trial court erred in denying the department's motion to amend the same finding and in refusing to enter judgment denying the proposed adoption. The finding which is...

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