MATTER OF ADOPTION OF DOE

No. 5716.

657 P.2d 134 (1982)

99 N.M. 278

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF John DOE, A minor.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied January 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Snell, Clovis, for appellant.

David F. Richards, Garrett & Richards, Clovis, for petitioners.

Randy Knudson, Doerr & Knudson, Clovis, Guardian ad litem for involved child.


OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

The father of a minor child murdered the mother of the child and shot the grandmother. The father appeals an order of the district court that terminated his parental rights. We affirm.

The trial court found that the parents of the child were married on May 3, 1979 (the wife was 17 years old). The child was born January 25, 1980. The parents separated on May 1, 1980. The child and the mother moved into the home of the maternal...

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