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MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP PETITION OF LUPE C.

No. 12492.

812 P.2d 365 (1991)

112 N.M. 116

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP PETITION OF LUPE C. and Pam C. for Christopher H., a child.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

April 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Lilley, Jesse R. Cosby, Lilley & Associates, Roswell, for petitioners-appellees.

James A. Gillespie, Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, Roswell, for respondent-appellant.

Paul Snead, Brewer and Snead, Roswell, guardian ad litem.

OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

The mother appeals an order of the district court appointing her daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Lupe C., temporary guardians of her child and transferring custody of the child to them pending further order of the court. We (1) construe the authority of the court to appoint guardians under the Probate Code, NMSA 1978, Section 45-5-204(A) (Repl.Pamp. 1989); and (2) discuss the relationship between Section 45-5-204(A) and the provisions...

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