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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF PATRICK D.

No. 32,944.

280 P.3d 909 (2012)

2012-NMSC-017

In the Matter of GUARDIANSHIP OF PATRICK D., a child, Freedom C., Petitioner-Respondent, v. Brian D. and Peggy D., Petitioners-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Pickett Law Firm, L.L.C., Mark L. Pickett , Las Cruces, NM, for Petitioners.

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Edward R. Ricco , Jocelyn C. Drennan , Albuquerque, NM, for Respondent.

OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{1} Several months after being granted sole legal and physical custody of Patrick D. (Child), Brian D. and Peggy D. (Grandparents) filed a petition for guardianship and custody pursuant to the Kinship Guardianship Act (the Act), NMSA 1978, §§ 40-10B-1 to -15 (2001). Julie Ann D. (Mother), Grandparents' daughter, consented to the guardianship, but Freedom C. (Father) opposed it. After an evidentiary hearing...

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