STATE EX REL. HUMAN SERV. DEPT. v. BARELA

No. 14840.

873 P.2d 272 (1994)

117 N.M. 526

STATE of New Mexico, ex rel., HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Margarita BARELA, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Lowenhaupt, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., New Mexico Human Services Dept., Child Support Enforcement Div., Las Cruces, for petitioner-appellee.

Anna L. Juarez, Las Cruces, for respondent-appellant.


OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

This case involves a parent's reimbursement to the State of monies expended for public assistance payments made and to be made on behalf of the parent's children. We affirm the order of the district court, which held that the parent's obligation may be ascertained without regard to the obligations of any other parent.

Mother has two children by separate fathers. At the time of the hearing held on this matter, Mother...

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