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STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. RAEL

No. 13130.

642 P.2d 1099 (1982)

97 N.M. 640

STATE of New Mexico, ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elias RAEL and Esmeralda Martinez, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Robert N. Hilgendorf, Deputy Atty. Gen., Gerald L. McManus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Fred J. Waltz, Northern New Mexico Legal Services, Inc., Taos, for defendants-appellants.

OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

This appeal presents a question of first impression in New Mexico: Is an indigent entitled to court-appointed counsel in a civil contempt proceeding brought to enforce an order of child support entered in a paternity suit? We do not consider whether an indigent is entitled to counsel in other stages of paternity and support actions or where the Department of Human Services is not acting...

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