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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF J.J.B.

No. 21864.

894 P.2d 994 (1995)

119 N.M. 638

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF J.J.B., a minor. Carla Ann ROTH and Kyle David Franz Roth, Petitioners-Petitioners, v. Edward BOOKERT, Respondent-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia A. Fry, Martha J. Kaser, Albuquerque, for petitioner.

Paul R. Cohen, Albuquerque, for respondent.

Ella Joan Fenoglio, Albuquerque, guardian ad litem.

Tom Udall, Atty. Gen., Diane Garrity, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Angela Adams, Chief Children's Court Atty., Santa Fe, for amicus curiae Children, Youth & Families Dept.

Albers & Albers, James S. Albers, Columbus, OH, for amicus curiae Nat. Council for Adoption.

Timothy V. Flynn-O'Brien, Fred Abramowitz, Phillip B. Davis, Reber Boult, Albuquerque, for amicus curiae ACLU-New Mexico.

Elizabeth Losee, Albuquerque, Lewis Pitts, Gayle Korotkin, Durham, NC, for amicus curiae Legal Action Project of Nat. Committee for Rights of the Child.

Law Offices of Daymon B. Ely, Daymon B. Ely, Albuquerque, for amicus curiae Nat. Child Rights Alliance.

OPINION

FROST, Justice.

This case involves the contested adoption of a child placed for adoption by his mother without the knowledge of the child's father from whom she was separated. The case came to trial only after considerable delay, and after the child had lived for over one and one half years in the home of the couple seeking to adopt him. During this period of time the father had been able to secure only limited visitation with the child. After...

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