STATE OF N.M. EX REL CYFD v. AMANDA H.

No. 25,623.

154 P.3d 674 (2006)

2007-NMCA-029

STATE OF NEW MEXICO, ex rel., CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. AMANDA H., Respondent-Appellant, and In the Matter of Nathaniel H., a Child.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

NM Children, Youth & Families Department, Rebecca J. Liggett, Ida M. Lujan, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

Lopez, Sakura & Boyd, LLP, Todd M. Lopez, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.

Johanna L. Studebaker, Santa Fe, NM, Guardian ad litem.


OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

{1} Amanda H. (Mother) appeals the district court's adjudication that she neglected her infant son (Child). We conclude that the evidence was not sufficient to support the district court's adjudication that Child was neglected by Mother and reverse. Additionally, we hold that an appeal of an abuse or neglect adjudication challenging the sufficiency of the evidence is not rendered moot by the district court's dismissal...

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