MATTER OF ADOPTION OF FRANCISCO A.

No. 13358.

866 P.2d 1175 (1993)

116 N.M.App. 708

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF FRANCISCO A., Luis H., and Augustine V., and Concerning Rita VEST, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. STATE of New Mexico ex rel. NEW MEXICO HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. In the Matter of the ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS OF Robert RUNYON and Judith G. Runyon, to adopt minors. In the Matter of the ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS OF Rita VEST, to adopt minors.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

November 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorenzo Atencio, Familia Legal Services, Espanola, for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Richard A. Griscom, Gen. Counsel, Judith A. Ferrell, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Human Services Dept., Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Thomas J. Cruse, Los Alamos, for Runyons.

Judith Mellow, Santa Fe, guardian ad litem.


OPINION

APODACA, Judge.

The parties' respective motions for rehearing having been granted, and oral argument having been scheduled and heard, the opinion filed on May 11, 1993 is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted in its place.

These appeals arise from adoption proceedings involving three minor children. In a consolidated hearing, the children's court heard two conflicting petitions for adoption. The children's court granted...

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