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STATE EX REL. CYFD v. STELLA P.

No. 19,228.

986 P.2d 495 (1999)

127 N.M. 699

1999-NMCA-100

STATE of New Mexico ex rel. CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEP'T, In re Diamond-Jerome P. and Tamara Naomi P., Petitioner-Appellee, v. STELLA P., A.K.A. Theresa P., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

June 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela L. Adams, Chief Children's Court Attorney, Roy E. Stephenson, Children's Court Attorney, New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Dep't, Santa Fe, for Appellee.

Jane Bloom Yohalem, Santa Fe, for Appellant.

John B. Garrity, Albuquerque, Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

Rosa Sanchez Armijo, Los Lunas, Guardian ad Litem for the Children.

OPINION

ARMIJO, J.

{1} This appeal presents an opportunity to examine the respective roles and obligations of the children's court and a parent's attorney and guardian ad litem (GAL) where a mentally ill parent purportedly waives her right to contest termination of her parental rights.

{2} Stella P., who is also known as Theresa P. (Mother), appeals the judgment of the children's court terminating her parental rights to two children. On appeal, she...

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