MATTER OF ZAC McV.

No. 18755.

964 P.2d 144 (1998)

125 N.M. 583

1998-NMCA-114

In the Matter of ZAC McV., a Child, Child-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied August 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis H. Subin, Chief Public Defender, Lisabeth L. Occhialino, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for Appellant.

Tom Udall, Attorney General, M. Victoria Wilson, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Appellee.


OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

{1} This case poses the issue of whether the children's court has jurisdiction to modify a prior disposition and commitment, pursuant to a motion filed by the Child several months after the court had found the child to be delinquent and had transferred his custody to the Children, Youth, and Families Department (the CYFD). We conclude that under the circumstances presented here, the children's court is without authority to...

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