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IN RE ADOPTION OF BRADFIELD

No. 5379.

642 P.2d 214 (1982)

97 N.M. 611

In re ADOPTION OF Jeannette Marie BRADFIELD, A Minor Child, DR. Arthur SMITH and Dr. Boyce Berkel, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jean Audrey BRADFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Tharp, Jr., Clovis, Leesfield & Blackburn, Daniel & Hicks, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Alan Konrad, Miller, Stratvert, Torgerson & Brandt, Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellees.

OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

Appellant, Jean Audrey Bradfield appeals from an order vacating a final decree of adoption which had permitted her to adopt her granddaughter. We affirm.

The dispositive issue raised on appeal is whether a court has jurisdiction to enter a final decree of adoption posthumously by decreeing that the judgment be entered nunc pro tunc.

Appellant, a widow, initiated proceedings on March 14, 1979, in the District Court of...

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