STATE EX REL. CY AND F DEPT. v. PAUL P.

No. 19,100.

983 P.2d 1011 (1999)

127 N.M. 492

1999-NMCA-077

STATE of New Mexico, ex rel., CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. PAUL P., JR., Respondent-Appellant, and Concerning Paul P., III, A Child, and The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Indians, Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

May 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela L. Adams, Children's Court Attorney, Roy E. Stephenson, Children's Court Attorney, Children, Youth & Families Dept., Santa Fe, for appellee.

Jane Bloom Yohalem, Santa Fe, for appellant.


OPINION

PICKARD, Chief Judge.

{1} Paul P., Jr. (Father) appeals the trial court's order dismissing him from the children's court proceedings regarding his son, Paul P., III (Child). The trial court found that Father's consent to adoption or relinquishment of parental rights to the child was not required under NMSA 1978, § 32A-5-19(C) (1997). We disagree and reverse.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

{2} The relevant facts...

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