MATTER OF C.P.

No. 8338.

711 P.2d 894 (1985)

103 N.M. 617

In the Matter of the Termination of Parental Rights, with Respect to C.P. and E.P., Children. STATE of New Mexico, ex rel., DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Cynthia La Dale PETERSON, Respondent, v. James Lee PETERSON, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied December 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delfido R. Conroy, Belen, for respondent-appellant.

Paul G. Bardacke, Atty. Gen., Richard Rubin, Gen. Counsel, Ellen Souberman, Ass't Gen. Counsel, Santa Fe, Earl J. Waits, Special Ass't Atty. Gen., Albuquerque, for petitioner-appellee.


OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

Respondent James Lee Peterson appeals the trial court's determination that his parental rights to a daughter, C.P., and a son, E.P., should be terminated. Although the court also terminated the rights of the children's mother, Cynthia La Dale Peterson, from whom respondent is divorced, she has not appealed. Respondent claims the state failed to establish abandonment by clear and convincing evidence. Respondent also claims the Department...

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