STATE EX REL. CYFD v. MERCER-SMITH

No. S-1-SC-35427.

434 P.3d 930 (2018)

2019-NMSC-005

STATE OF NEW MEXICO EX REL. CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT, Petitioner-Petitioner, v. Janet MERCER-SMITH and James Mercer-Smith, Respondents-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Filing Date: December 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walz and Associates, Jerry A. Walz , Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner.

Comeau, Maldegen, Templeman & Indall, LLP, Larry D. Maldegen , William Phelps Templeman , Stephen J. Lauer , Santa Fe, NM, Dan Cron Law Firm, P.C., Daniel Robert Cron , Santa Fe, NM, for Respondents.


OPINION

{1} While the parties in this case litigated contempt proceedings over the course of seven years, the children at the center of the case aged out of the system and became peripheral to a nearly $4,000,000 judgment in favor of Respondents Janet and James Mercer-Smith (the Mercer-Smiths)...

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