STATE OF N.M. EX REL. CYFD v. KATHLEEN D.C.

No. 29,134.

157 P.3d 714 (2007)

2007-NMSC-018

In the Matter of DAMION M.C., a child, State of New Mexico ex rel. Children Youth and Families Department, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Kathleen D.C., Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Bloom Yohalem, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner.

New Mexico Children Youth & Families, Rebecca J. Liggett, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.


OPINION

MAES, Justice.

{1} The issue in this case is whether an indigent mother was denied due process of law in an abuse and neglect adjudicatory proceeding by the trial court's failure to appoint a qualified forensic medical expert to assist Mother. The Court of Appeals concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion nor deny Mother due process of law, and it affirmed the judgment of the district court. We conditionally affirm.

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